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José Mujica

President of Uruguay, 2010 to 2015

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A former guerrilla jailed for years, he became known as the "world's poorest president" and legalized cannabis and same-sex marriage.

José Mujica sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly nature-first on environment and strongly peace-first on war and peace.

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Where José Mujica sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like José Mujica

Caroline Lucas British Green Party MP, 2010 to 202499%Ta-Nehisi Coates American author and journalist99%Albert Camus French-Algerian writer, 1913 to 196099%Naomi Klein Canadian author and activist99%Jon Stewart American comedian and commentator99%Bernie Sanders US Senator from Vermont, 2007 to present98%Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez US Representative from New York, 2019 to present98%Greta Thunberg Swedish climate activist98%

People furthest from José Mujica

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17153%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)4%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19434%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present5%

Political views closest to José Mujica

Green politicsPuts ecological limits, sustainability and grassroots democracy at the center of policy.99%Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…99%Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…99%EcofeminismLinks the domination of women and the domination of nature, and calls for care,…99%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Senado Federal, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.