Daniel Carlos Martínez Villamil (born 23 February 1957) is a
Uruguay
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an industrial engineer and politician of the
Socialist Party
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–
Broad Front.
Background
Daniel Martínez pursued a mechanical engineering career prior to taking up a ministerial post. For many years he was Vice President of the Uruguayan Engineers' Association.
He was elected Intendant of
Montevideo
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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
President
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Tabaré Vázquez. He succeeded
Jorge Lepra in that post.
Intendant of Montevideo
In the
2015 elections 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
Luis Lacalle Pou
Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou (; ''Luis Lacalle'' locally or ; born 10 August 1973) is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer serving as President of Uruguay since 1 March 2020.
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, 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.
See also
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Politics of Uruguay
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Living people
1957 births
Intendants of Montevideo
Ministers of Industries, Energy and Mining of Uruguay
Uruguayan engineers
Socialist Party of Uruguay politicians
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University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Candidates for President of Uruguay