Francisco Forteza (son) (1928–2005) was a
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 political figure.
['Francisco Forteza (hijo)', :es:Francisco Forteza (hijo),]
Background
He was a prominent member of the
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
Colorado
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Party. His father
Francisco Forteza Francisco Forteza (1892–1967) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
He was a medical doctor by profession. He was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. His son Francisco Forteza (son) served as a Deputy, Senator, Minister ...
was a Deputy and Senator, and served as a minister in the 1940s and 1950s.
He was elected as a deputy in 1964.
Ministerial career
From 1967 to 1970 he was a junior economy minister; unlike his father
Francisco Forteza Francisco Forteza (1892–1967) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
He was a medical doctor by profession. He was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. His son Francisco Forteza (son) served as a Deputy, Senator, Minister ...
who refused to support the Presidency of
Gabriel Terra, he was willing to serve as junior economy minister under a political figure such as
César Charlone, who had been
Vice President of Uruguay
The vice president of Uruguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Uruguayan government, after the President of Uruguay. The Vice President replaces the elected President in case of his death or absence. Th ...
under Terra, whose Administration ruled by decree. In 1972 he served as economy minister under President Bordaberry. In 1984 he was again elected a Deputy and in 1987 he was elected a Senator. In 1989 he served as Interior Minister in the first Administration of President Sanguinetti.
Later life
Having previously been elected a Deputy again in 1984 and served in the Senate from 1987 onwards, on relinquishing the Interior Ministry he subsequently reverted to serving in the Senate until 1990.
He died in 2005.
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 ...
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List of political families#Uruguay
References
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1928 births
2005 deaths
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
Members of the Senate of Uruguay
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