Ope Pasquet Iribarne (born 10 January 1956) is a Uruguayan lawyer and

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of the Colorado Party.

Political career

Pasquet is part of a generation of young politicians who began as opponents of the civic-military dictatorship (1973—85) and in the framework of the constitutional referendum of 1980 together with Enrique Tarigo. In 1984 they ran for the Chamber of Representatives for the Libertad y Cambio — List 85 sector, together with Luis Hierro López and Roberto Asiaín. The List obtained 5 seats, being the most voted party in Montevideo. In 1988 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations by President

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 ...

. In 2003 he founded the ''Open Batllismo'' sector in order to "rebuild the Colorado Party." In 2007 the group merged with

Vamos Uruguay Vamos Uruguay (Spanish, 'Go Uruguay') is a political sector of the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party in Uruguay. It was founded by Pedro Bordaberry in 2007. It is considered to be the faction furthest to the Right-wing, right within the party ...

, a faction led by Bordaberry. In the 2009 general election he was elected Senator of the Republic for the 47th Legislature. From April 4, 2011 to March 8, 2012, he served as Secretary General of the Colorado Party. In June 2013, during a parliamentary session remembering 40 years of the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, Pasquet brought forward the Colorado Party's need of self-criticism for its responsibility regarding these events. In the 2014 general election he endorsed Bordaberry for president and was elected National Representative for Montevideo. In 2015 he announced his departure from ''Vamos Uruguay'', and said that the party lacked "political leadership". In 2018, Pasquet was a founding member of ''Ciudadanos'', a faction of the Colorado Party led by Ernesto Talvi. In the 2019

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and general election, he endorsed Talvi for president and was re-elected National Representative. In early February 2022, it was announced that Ope Pasquet would succeed Alfredo Fratti as president of the Chamber of Representatives during the 3rd session (2022). He took office on March 1, and in his inaugural speech he stated that he would not set aside the "general criterion of prudence in spending". He is the promoter of a bill to legalize Euthanasia and Medically Assisted Suicide.

Personal life

Pasquet is married to Elena Martínez Rosso, judge and minister of the

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. They have two daughters Victoria and Florencia –who reached the semifinal of the fifth season of '' Got Talent Spain''–.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasquet, Ope 1955 births Living people People from Montevideo Uruguayan people of French descent Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Members of the Senate of Uruguay 20th-century Uruguayan lawyers Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay