Azucena Berrutti (born 1929) is a
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an politician and lawyer. She was the National Defence Minister, appointed by the Uruguayan President
Tabaré Vázquez
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (; ''Vázquez Rosas'' locally ; 17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician who served as the 41st president of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020. He previously served from 2005 to 2010 as the 39th presiden ...
, from March 2005 until March 2008.
Defence Minister 2005–2008
At the age of 75, Berrutti, assumed the position of Minister of Defence in 2005, when Tabaré Vázquez became
President of Uruguay. She was the first woman in this position.
In 2008 Berrutti was facing challenges by the
Movement of Popular Participation
The Movement of Popular Participation ( es, Movimiento de Participación Popular) is a Uruguayan political party. It is a member organisation of the left-wing Broad Front coalition.
Background
From 1985 onwards, after the end of the military d ...
(MPP) deputy
Juan Domínguez, ostensibly a colleague in the ruling
Frente Amplio coalition, and others in controversies surrounding defence procurement and the Nin brothers (
Vice President of Uruguay
The vice president of Uruguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Uruguayan government, after the President of Uruguay. The Vice President replaces the elected President in case of his death or absence. The ...
Rodolfo Nin Novoa
Rodolfo Nin Novoa (born 25 January 1948) is a Uruguayan politician who served as the 14th vice president of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010. He also served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020 under Tabaré Vázquez. A membe ...
and his chief of staff
Gonzalo Nin Novoa).
See also
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Politics of Uruguay
The politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises executiv ...
References
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:es:Azucena Berrutti
1929 births
Living people
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Uruguayan women lawyers
Uruguayan women jurists
Female defence ministers
Uruguayan people of Italian descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
Defence ministers of Uruguay
21st-century Uruguayan women politicians
21st-century Uruguayan politicians
Women government ministers of Uruguay
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