Person in history
José Mujica
José Mujica, Uruguayan politician, 40th President of Uruguay (born 1935)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2025 · May 13
Their story
Who they were
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was the minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front,
Early life
Early life and education José Alberto Mujica Cordano was born on 20 May 1935 in the Paso de la Arena neighbourhood of Montevideo to Demetrio Mujica Terra and Lucy Cordano Giorello. [ 1 ] Demetrio was a descendant of a Spanish Basque family who arrived in Uruguay in 1842. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Through his paternal grandmother, Mujica is a distant relative of several prominent Uruguayan politicians, including Gabriel Terra , who served as the country's 26th president between 1931 and 1938. [
Why this date
José Mujica appears on our May 13 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.
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