Sergio Abreu Bonilla (born

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, November 12, 1945) is a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, politician, musician and professor of International Law of the National Party (PN). Since February 15, 2020, he has served as

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. He served as Minister of Foreign Relations (1993-1995) and as Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (2002-2002).

Biography

Early life and education

Son of a Paraguayan citizen who settled in Uruguay, Sergio Abreu graduated as a lawyer at the

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in 1974, and completed postgraduate courses outside the country at

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(1977),

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(1980) and

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(1983).

Political career

He served as the Director of Administration and Finance of LAIA between 1979 and 1989. In the 1989 elections, in which the National Party (headed by

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) won the presidency, Abreu was elected Senator of the Republic for the sector of Renovation and Victory. In January 1993, he was appointed by Lacalle as Minister of Foreign Relations, a position he held until the end of the period. In 1999 the non herreristas party elected him to complete the presidential ticket headed by Lacalle, who had won the internal elections of April of that year. In March 2000, the new president

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appointed Abreu as the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining. He held this post until November 2002, the National Party decided to withdraw from the

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. Then resigned the portfolio he held. In the 2004 election, he cast a pre-candidacy for the Presidency; but soon after, he decides to support

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, who is elected sole candidate for the National Party, and again the Party Convention elects Sergio Abreu as candidate for the Vice-presidency. Abreu was elected senator for the Alianza Nacional sector, a seat he assumed in February 2005. He supported Jorge Larrañaga's candidacy for the presidency of the Republic in the 2009 presidential primaries. In the

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, he ran again for the Senate, being reelected for the 48th Legislature. He was nominated for the 2014 presidential primaries. However, on April 7, 2014, he lowered his candidacy to support

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. In the 2019 general election he was reelected

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of the Republic, for the 49th Legislature.

Artistic activity

In January 2011, he released the CD ''Kuñakarai'' ("lady" in the

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) with themes of folkloric style.

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References

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