José Gerardo Amorín Batlle (born 9 November 1954 in
Montevideo)
is an
Uruguayan lawyer and politician who has served as Minister of Education and Culture (2004–2005),
representative
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Politics
* Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a group of people
* House of Representatives, legislative body in various countries or sub-national entities
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(2005–2010) and
senator (since 2010).
Biography
Amorín is a member of the
Colorado Party and comes from a political family; his father, Julio Amorín Larrañagahimself a relative of Javier Barrios Amorínwas minister in
Juan María Bordaberry
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011) was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher, who served as constitutional President from 1972 until 1973, and then ruled as the head of a civilian-military dictatorship up t ...
's government and his mother, Susana Batlle, was a close relative 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 b ...
.
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1954 births
People from Montevideo
Uruguayan people of Portuguese descent
Uruguayan people of Catalan descent
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
20th-century Uruguayan lawyers
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
Education and Culture Ministers of Uruguay
Living people
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
Members of the Senate of Uruguay
Candidates for President of Uruguay
People educated at The British Schools of Montevideo
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