Publish date: 2023-12-04

José Mujica is an Uruguayan politician and farmer who served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.

José Mujica has an estimated net worth of $2 million. José makes donations of around 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.

José Mujica makes around $11,634 in a month but gives 90% of his earnings to charity. He has no known property in his home county or overseas.

José Mujica was born on May 20, 1935, in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is the son of Demetrio Mujica and Lucy Cordano. Mujica’s father was a small farmer who went bankrupt shortly before his death in 1940 when his son was five. His mother’s parents were very poor immigrants from Liguria.

A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterward.

As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as President on 1 March 2010.

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