César Vega (born 1962) is a

Uruguayan Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizen ...

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the Uni ...

, communicator, and

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

. He graduated as agronomist in 1987 at the Faculty of Agronomy of the

University of the Republic The University of the Republic (, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is a public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the country's oldest and largest university, as well as one of the largest public universities in South America in terms of en ...

. Its announcer radio program called «''La voz delagro''» in Radio Fénix 1330AM, promotes responsible consumption of

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...

s and

vegetable Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including edible flower, flo ...

s. He is a candidate for the presidential election Uruguay and parliamentary representation by the

Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente The Intransigent Radical Ecologist Party (, acronym PERI) is a Uruguayan green party established in 2013. It participated in 2014 and 2019 primaries and general elections, obtaining in 2019 for the first time a seat in the Deputy chamber. The pa ...

(PERI), founded in 2013. The program has an emphasis on the preservation of

natural resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. ...

and are contrary to the open sky megaminería. In the 2019 general election, he ran for president but lost however, he was elected national representative for Montevideo, a position he took on 25 February 2020.

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1962 births Uruguayan agronomists Living people Uruguayan radio presenters Green politicians Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay {{Uruguay-politician-stub