Daniel Díaz Maynard (1933 – 22 March 2007) was an
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 lawyer and politician.
Political role
Maynard was a
deputy representing the department of
Montevideo, from 1990 until 2005).
He was also an activist for
human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
and worked to defend political prisoners and dissidents, many from neighbouring
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
Political alignment
He was a member of the
Broad Front political grouping supporting 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 ...
, and had belonged to the ''Social Cristianos'' party, a branch of the
Christian Democrat
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
s.
Death
He died in 2007. His remains are buried at the
Central Cemetery of Montevideo.
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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
External links
Obituary in SpanishObituary in Spanish
1930s births
2007 deaths
Politicians from Montevideo
Lawyers from Montevideo
20th-century Uruguayan lawyers
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
Uruguayan people of British descent
Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
Place of birth missing
Broad Front (Uruguay) politicians
Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay politicians
Burials at the Central Cemetery of Montevideo
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