Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon (born 1961) is a Uruguayan industrial engineer, business executive and politician, serving as president of the National Administration of Telecommunications (ANTEL) since 17 June 2020.

Background

He studied

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, in

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. He served as head of a number of large companies, including the Uruguayan telecommunications company

ANTEL ANTEL ( es, Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, lit=National Administration of Telecommunications) is Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, founded in 1974 as a separate legal entity after spinning off the telecommuni ...

. Gurméndez also served as general manager of Punta del Este International Airport (Laguna del Sauce International Airport),

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. Former ASUR Director.

Minister of Transport and Public Works

From mid- to late-2004 Gurméndez served as Uruguayan Minister of Transport and Public Works. He thus participated in the government of President

Jorge Batlle Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez (; ''Batlle'' locally or ; 25 October 1927 – 24 October 2016) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, and a member of the Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. Dr. Jorge Batlle ...

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Later career

Subsequently Gurméndez moved to Mexico in late 2004. He served as Chief Executive of

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International Airport.

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1961 births Living people Uruguayan industrial engineers Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Ministers of Transport and Public Works of Uruguay {{Uruguay-politician-stub University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni People educated at The British Schools of Montevideo