Ernesto Talvi Pérez (born June 10, 1957 in
Montevideo
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) is a
Uruguayan
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 ...
economist. He served as
Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 1 March to 6 July 2020.
Early life
Born to a Macedonian-born father and a Cuban mother, both of
Sephardic
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), ...
(Turkish-Jewish) descent, Talvi attended
The British Schools of Montevideo
The British Schools of Montevideo is a private, coeducational, non-profit school, which aims to give an intensive bilingual education, combining the Uruguayan national curriculum with an English language program.
Educational programs and govern ...
, afterwards he graduated from the
University of the Republic
The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America and t ...
and the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
.
Career
In 1990 he was appointed by
Ramón Díaz
Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine Association football, footballer and the current manager of Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal. He played for Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate as a Forw ...
, chairman of the
Central Bank of Uruguay
The Central Bank of Uruguay ( es, Banco Central del Uruguay, BCU) is the central bank of the Uruguay.
History
The Central Bank of Uruguay was established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity ( es, Ente Autónomo), with the passing of t ...
, to lead Economic Policy. From 1990 until 1995, inflation came down from 95.41% to 44.25%. He presided over the thinktank CERES since 1997 until 2018,
when he left to pursue a political career.
Political career
Joining the
Colorado Party, he contested the 2019 June primaries, and emerged as presidential candidate after beating former president
Julio María Sanguinetti
Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (; born 6 January 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist, who twice served as President of Uruguay (from March 1985 until March 1990, and again, from March 1995 until March ...
at the primaries in June, with 55% of the votes. He drew the attention of many center-leaning, young voters because of his liberal policies and support for
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...
and other leftist policies implemented by the
Broad Front governments, describing himself as both "liberal and progressive".
Ciudadanos, his political group within the party won 47% of the 300,000 Colorado votes, the latter representing 12.8% of the total valid votes in the October general election. As the November runoff election was hold between
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.
Son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle, Lacalle ...
and
Daniel Martínez, the Colorado Party entered a coalition of 5 parties, led by the
National Party, which ended
Broad Front rule of the country for three consecutive terms. Talvi served as
Minister of Foreign Relations in the first four months of Lacalle's presidency. He resigned from this position on July 1, 2020, stating "It has been a privilege to serve the citizens of Uruguay from the Foreign Ministry at this time in which it was necessary to face extremely complex challenges", with the goal of dedicating himself to leading his political sector. He was replaced by diplomat
Francisco Bustillo, former Uruguayan ambassador to Argentina and Spain, who took office on July 6. However, on July 26, Talvi resigned his seat in the Senate, announcing his total abandonment of political activity.
References
External links
Website of Ernesto Talvi
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1957 births
Living people
Uruguayan people of Macedonian descent
Uruguayan people of Cuban descent
Uruguayan people of Turkish-Jewish descent
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Uruguayan economists
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
Candidates for President of Uruguay
Foreign ministers of Uruguay
People educated at The British Schools of Montevideo