On March 1, 201, José Mujica, better known as “Pepe Mujica“, assumed the presidency of Uruguay after having won, in the second round, the national elections of the country, held at the end of November 2009. The candidate of the Frente Amplio Party thus defeated that of the National Party, Luis Alberto Lacalle, getting with the government of the Nation. Thus the era of a different politician who would be later admired worldwide.
The Legislative Palace welcomed the oath of José Mujica as president in a ceremony in which he was accompanied by his wifeLucía Topolansky, who at that time He was a country senator. They went to the act authorities from different Uruguayan political parties and international personalities such as Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chávez, Cristina Fernández de Kirchneror, at that time, the prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbónamong others.
At the end of the ceremony, both José Mujica and his vice president, Danilo Astori, went to the place where the assistant was held, a ceremony held outdoors, by express desire of Mujica himself, in which the outgoing president, Tabaré Vázquez, placed the presidential band. José Mujica thus became the 52 president of the country, and the most veteran to assume the position, since he was 74 years old when he came to power. There he pronounced one of his most symbolic phrases and that marked his speech: “The only defeated are the ones who stop fighting“He spoke in his inauguration.
At 89, Mujica, who has been described as “the most humble head of state in the world” due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of about 90% of his monthly salary to beneficial organizations that help the poor and the small entrepreneurs, announced that he suffered cancer and has resigned to undergo more treatments.
Source: Lasexta
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