Pablo Andrés Mieres Gómez (born 30 July 1959 in

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) 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.

Political career

He was elected to the

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in 1999, serving during the 2000–2005 term as a representative for Montevideo. Since 2003 he leads the centre-left Independent Party. He was a presidential candidate in the

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and

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general elections, opportunities in which he was also a senatorial candidate, a position to which he was not elected.

2014

In the national elections of 2014 he was a candidate for the Presidency and the Senate, reaching this time, a seat in the Upper House. His party obtained 3.2% of the votes and reached three seats in the Chamber of Deputies (Iván Posada, Daniel Radío and Heriberto Sosa). In the 2014 general elections, once again he ran for the

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and the

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, finally getting access to a seat in the Upper House.

2019

For the 2019 primary elections, Mieres created La Alternativa, a new political space, made up of politicians from other parties: Esteban Valenti and his wife Selva Andreoli ( Broad Front), Fernando Amado ( Colorado Party), Victor Lissidini (Party Intransigent) and Luis Franzini Batlle ( Colorado Party). However, this alliance was short lived. After announcing that Andreoli was the candidate for Vice President, she herself made controversial statements. Mieres left the alliance. Mieres did not achieve reelection in the Senate for the period 2020–2025; but he supported

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 ...

in the second round against Daniel Martínez Villamil. Looking at the conformation of Lacalle Pou's cabinet, Mieres agreed to head the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

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