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World’s poorest president rejects pension

Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica [Courtesy]

Uruguayan outspoken ex-rebel turned president, Jose Mujica, has rejected his pension when he went into voluntary retirement on 13th of August this year. 

The 83-year-old who took a senatorial seat in 2015 after the end of his term in 2015 chose to retire early due to exhaustion despite his term coming to an official end in 2020.

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