Gerardo Amarilla (born 1 February 1969) is an Uruguayan politician. He was

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between 1 March 2016 and 1 March 2017. He replaced . Amarilla is a member of the National Party. He was succeeded as President by on 1 March 2017. Amarilla is an

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and he was the first evangelical to become President of the Chamber of Deputies. He has taken position against the decriminalization of abortion, the legalized sale of marijuana and same-sex marriage. In the

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, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the

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for the 2010–2015 period.

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