Luis Brezzo

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Luis Andres Brezzo Paredes (born March 20, 1939 in Montevideo , † September 20, 2002 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician and journalist.

Luis Brezzo studied at the engineering faculty ("Facultad de Ingeniería") of the Universidad de la República . The union leader of the Asociación de Empleados Bancarios del Uruguay (AEBU) worked as a journalist for the newspapers Acción , Hechos and Nuevo El Plata .

Brezzo, who belonged to the Partido Colorado and, within it, to the Foro Batllista sector , began his political career after the civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay was overcome in 1985. From March 1985 to April 1988 he was National Labor Director (Director Nacional de Trabajo) during the reign of Sanguinetti and for a short period of time held the position of Vice-President of Banco La Caja Obrera . He was Minister for Labor and Social Security from June 5, 1989 to March 1, 1990. He then held a titular mandate as senator in the Cámara de Senadores in the 44th (for the lista 2000 ) and 45th legislative periods from February 15, 1995 to March 1, 2000 . In 1997 he was first Vice President of the Senate. From August 24, 1999 to February 14, 2000, Brezzo took over the management of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. During the current 45th legislative period, he was appointed Minister of Defense of Uruguay on March 1, 2000 in the government of President Jorge Batlle . He died in the sanatorium of the Asociación Española during his tenure as a result of cancer. Brezzo was buried at the Cementerio del Buceo .

Brezzo was married to Alma Onetti de Brezzo and had two children named Ana and Eduardo and three grandchildren Carlos, Luis and Felipe.

Period of his membership in parliament

  • February 15, 1995 to February 14, 2000 (Cámara de Senadores, 44th LP)
  • February 15, 2000 to March 1, 2000 (Cámara de Senadores, 45th LP)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ministries, etc. on www.rulers.org, accessed on February 3, 2014
  2. ↑ 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 on February 3, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
  3. ↑ Ministries, etc. on www.rulers.org, accessed on February 3, 2014
  4. ↑ Ministries, etc. on www.rulers.org, accessed on February 3, 2014
  5. ↑ HONRAS FUNEBRES / Sus restos son velados en la sede de Defensa Nacional y recibirán sepultura en el Buceo. - El gobierno y el Partido Colorado están de duelo; murió Luis Brezzo ( Memento of the original of February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El País , accessed February 3, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www3.elpais.com.uy
  6. ^ Fallció el ministro Luis Brezzo (Spanish) in El País of September 20, 2002, accessed on February 3, 2014
  7. ↑ Obituario (Spanish) in El País of September 21, 2002, accessed on February 3, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Brezzo, Luis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brezzo Paredes, Luis Andres (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan politician and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 2002
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay