José Mujica

President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. He served as a senator in parliament from 2015 to 2020. “Pepe,” as he wears known, was s legendary Tupamaros guerrilla fighter. He was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. In addition to his activist left politics, he was noted for his simple lifestyle and love of farming. He died in 2025.