Daniel Carlos Martínez Villamil (born 23 February 1957) is a

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an industrial engineer and politician, who served as intendant of Montevideo from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as Senator of the Republic from 2010 to 2015, as minister of Industry, Energy and Mining in the

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from 2008 to 2009 and as president of the state-owned petrol company ANCAP from 2005 to 2008. A member of the

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– Broad Front, he was a candidate for

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in the 2019 general election, being defeated in the second round by

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Early life and career

Daniel Martínez was born on 23 February 1957 in

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, into a conservative middle-class family. He was the second and youngest son of Roberto Martínez and María de los Ángeles Villamil. He also holds French nationality, due to the fact that his paternal grandmother was born in France while his great-grandfather served as Uruguayan consul in France in the early years of the 20th century. Martínez was raised in the Pocitos neighborhood and attended Colegio Seminario. In 1981 he graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in electrical engineering. For many years he was Vice President of the Uruguayan Engineers' Association. He was elected Intendant of

in 2015. He is a member of the Uruguayan Socialist Party, having been active during the period of civilian-military rule 1973–1985.

Industry Minister

From March 3, 2008 until August 31, 2009, he served as Uruguayan Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining in the government of

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. He succeeded Jorge Lepra in that post.

Intendant of Montevideo

In the

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he was elected as Intendant of Montevideo. In April 2019 he resigned as Intendant of Montevideo to run for the Presidency and was succeeded by Christian Di Candia.

Presidential candidate

Martínez was the presidential candidate of the Broad Front for the 2019 national elections. After a very close runoff election against National Party candidate

, Martinez was defeated by just over 37,000 votes, and withdrew after absentee ballots were counted. He chose Graciela Villar as his running mate. On November 28, 2019, Martínez conceded defeat.

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