A list of notable Uruguayan lawyers:
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Alberto Abdala
Alberto Abdala ( ar, البرتو عبد الله; 8 April 1920 – 13 January 1986) was an Uruguayan attorney, politician, painter and Vice-President from 1967 to 1972.
Background
Alberto Abdala was born in Maldonado, Uruguay in 1920. He was of ...
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Pablo Abdala
Pablo D. Abdala (born 14 July 1966) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party (PN), serving as President of the Institute of Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU) since 1 April 2020.
Born in Montevideo, Abdala attended ...
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Washington Abdala
Manuel Juan Washington Abdala Remerciari, aka el Turco (born 8 September 1959, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.
He was a National Representative for the Colorado Party from 1995 till 2010. In 2000, with Jorge Batlle elected ...
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Sergio Abreu
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Eduardo Acevedo Maturana
Eduardo Acevedo Maturana (Montevideo, 1815 – 1863) was a Uruguayan jurist and politician.
Biography
He studied law in Buenos Aires and became a renowned law scholar. His project was influential in the later creation of the Uruguayan Civil Cod ...
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Rafael Addiego Bruno
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Gonzalo Aguirre
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Luis Almagro
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Raúl Alonso de Marco
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Sofía Álvarez Vignoli
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José Amorín Batlle
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Alejandro Atchugarry
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Luis Barrios Tassano
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Hugo Batalla
Hugo Batalla Parentini (July 11, 1926 – October 3, 1998), Uruguayan politician, was Vice President of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 during the presidency of Julio María Sanguinetti.
Background
His political activity started in the Colorado Party ...
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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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Washington Beltrán Barbat
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Washington Beltrán Mullin
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Azucena Berrutti
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Daniel Blanco Acevedo
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Juan Carlos Blanco Acevedo
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Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé
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Juan Carlos Blanco Fernández
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Domingo Bordaberry
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Pedro Bordaberry
Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herrán (born 28 April 1960) is a Uruguayan attorney, lecturer and politician, who served as a Senator of the Republic from 2010 to 2020, as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2003 to 2005, and as Minister of Industry, Ene ...
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Sara Bossio
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Alfeo Brum
Alfeo Brum (22 March 1898 – 25 February 1972) was an Uruguayan politician and lawyer. He was Vice-President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951 and 1951 to 1952, noted for being the longest consecutively serving Vice-President in Uruguay's hist ...
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Baltasar Brum
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Milton Cairoli
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Juan Campisteguy
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Diego Cánepa
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Lorenzo Carnelli
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Jorge Chediak
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Juan Vicente Chiarino
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Eduardo Juan Couture
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Alberto Demicheli
Alberto Pedro Demicheli Lizaso (August 7, 1896 – October 12, 1980) was a Uruguayan political figure. Demicheli was a ''de facto'' President of Uruguay in 1976 as a non-democratically elected authority of the civic-military dictatorship.
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Daniel Díaz Maynard
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Ramón Díaz (economist)
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Guillermo Domenech
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Martín Echegoyen
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José Eugenio Ellauri
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Pedro Figari
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Emilio Frugoni
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Héctor Grauert
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Julio César Grauert
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Héctor Gros Espiell
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Luis Alberto de Herrera
Luis Alberto de Herrera (Montevideo, 22 July 1873 – 8 April 1959) was a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician.
Political and diplomatic roles
A national leader of great importance during the first half of the 20th century, he l ...
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Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga
H. E. Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga ( Montevido, 1918 – Punta del Este, 5 April 1994) was an Uruguayan professor, jurist, and President of the International Court of Justice.
Biography Early life
Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga was bor ...
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Luis Alberto Lacalle
Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera, GCMG (; ''Lacalle'' locally or ; born 13 July 1941), is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.
Background
His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, ...
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Luis Alberto 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 P ...
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Jorge Larrañaga
Jorge Washington Larrañaga Fraga (8 August 1956 – 22 May 2021) was an Uruguayan politician of the National Party (PN) who was Minister of the Interior from 1 March 2020 until his death. He also previously served as Intendant of Paysand ...
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Jorge Larrieux
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Alejandro Magariños Cervantes
Alejandro Magariños Cervantes (1825–1893) was an Uruguayan writer and lawyer. He was Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financia ...
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Carlos Maggi
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Antonio Marchesano
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Martín C. Martínez
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Tomás de Mattos
Tomás de Mattos Hernández (October 14, 1947 – March 21, 2016) was a Uruguayan writer and librarian. Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos was one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country.
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Aparicio Méndez
Aparicio Méndez Manfredini (24 August 1904 – 27 June 1988) was a Uruguayan lawyer and political. He was a de facto President of Uruguay from 1976–1981 as a non-democratically elected authority of the civic-military dictatorship.
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Pablo Mieres
Pablo Andrés Mieres Gómez (born 30 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer, sociologist, professor and politician of the Independent Party (PI), serving as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Uruguay, since March 1, 2020.
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Didier Opertti
Didier Opertti Badán (born 23 April 1937) is a Uruguayan political figure and lawyer.
Political offices in Uruguay
Interior Minister
Opertti served as the interior minister of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 in the government of Julio María Sanguin ...
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Jorge Orrico
Jorge Omar Orrico Miraldi is a Uruguayan Legislator, deputy, actor and lawyer.
Biography
Jorge Orrico was born 25 October 1946 in Montevideo.
Acting career
Orrico acted in theatre plays in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He also acted in th ...
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Jorge Pacheco Klein
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Ope Pasquet
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Carlos Quijano
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Juan Andrés Ramírez
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Siegbert Rippe
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Alba Roballo
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Hipólito Rodríguez Caorsi
Hipólito Rodríguez Caorsi (July 10, 1939 in Montevideo – December 15, 2012) was a Uruguayan lawyer and judge.
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Eduardo Rodríguez Larreta
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Jorge Ruibal
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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 Marc ...
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Walter Santoro
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Enrique Sayagués Laso''
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Héctor Martín Sturla
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Michelle Suárez Bértora
Michelle Suárez Bértora (21 February 1983 – 22 April 2022) was a Uruguayan activist, lawyer, lecturer, politician, and writer. She was Uruguay's first transgender university graduate, first trans lawyer, and first transgender person electe ...
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Enrique Tarigo
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Pablo Troise
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Leslie van Rompaey
Leslie van Rompaey (born 21 December 1946, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer and former judge.
From 2002 to 2012 he was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice
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Claudio Williman
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José Claudio Wílliman
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Alberto Fermín Zubiría
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Alberto Zumarán
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