José Luis Guntin

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José Luis Guntin (* 1952 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan politician and journalist.

Guntin, who belongs to the Partido Colorado , began his journalistic career with the daily Acción . He worked there for about a year until the newspaper had to cease publication after the coup . Guntin was arrested during the civil-military dictatorship now ruling Uruguay on July 9, 1973, tortured in the port prefecture and spent a month in a naval barracks. In the 42nd and 43rd legislative periods he held a mandate as deputy senator in the Cámara de Senadores several times - for the first time from November 6, 1986 and most recently until January 15, 1993 . In the 1994 elections, he ran unsuccessfully for the Cámara de Representantes . Guntin, confidante of the former President Enrique Tarigo , held the position of editor-in-chief at the weekly Opinar in the 1980s . During his professional career, he was also deputy director of El Día newspaper and director of Canal 5 television . After living in Brazil for six years , he returned to Uruguay. There his memoirs entitled "La vida te da sorpresas" were published by Fin de Siglo in 2010.

Times of his membership in the Senate

  • 42nd legislative period:
November 6, 1986 to December 6, 1986
October 6, 1987 to December 1, 1987
March 15, 1988 to April 15, 1988
April 14, 1988 to June 3, 1988
June 22, 1988 to November 10, 1988
December 14, 1988 to January 14, 1989
September 15, 1989 to November 15, 1989
  • 43rd legislative period
May 13, 1990 to June 13, 1990
September 12, 1991 to October 12, 1991
February 23, 1992 to March 23, 1992
December 15, 1992 to January 15, 1993

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on www.parlamento.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.8 MB), accessed January 30, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
  2. ↑ Guntin: ¨Preferí el cómodo silencio¨ ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed January 30, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sdr.liccom.edu.uy
  3. ↑ José Luis Guntin (Spanish), accessed January 30, 2014
  4. ↑ La vida te da sorpresas. Memorias políticas - por José Luis Guntin (Spanish), accessed January 30, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Guntin, José Luis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan politician and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay