Tabaré Viera Duarte (born 7 April 1955) is a Uruguayan politician of the Colorado Party (PC), serving as

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since August 23, 2021 under president

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Political career

He was elected for the first time to the Chamber of Representatives in the general election of 1984, in which he participated supporting Dr. Altivo Esteves to the Municipality of Rivera and

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to the presidency of the Republic. In the 1989 election he failed to be reelected, and during the

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administration he was part of the board of the State Sewage & Water Works (OSE) representing the Colorado Party. After the death of Altivo Esteves, Viera replaced him as the main leader of ''Foro Batllista'' in

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. He ran unsuccessfully for Intendant of Rivera in the 1994 elections, being defeated by Walter Riesgo of the ''Crusade 94'' sector of his party. From 1995 to 1998, during the second presidency of Julio María Sanguinetti, he held the position of Vice President of the National Administration of Telecommunication (ANTEL), and after the resignation of Ricardo Lombardo to contest the presidential pre-candidacy of the Foro Batllista in 1998, assumed the presidency of the interim until February 2000. In the municipal elections of that year, he was elected Intendant of Rivera. In the 2004 presidential election, Viera was

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's running mate. That year, the Colorado Party suffered the worst defeat in its history, obtaining just 10.36 percent of the vote. In 2005 he ran again for the post of Intendant of Rivera, being elected for the second time, as the only candidate for his party in the country. In the 2009 presidential primaries, he supported the pre-candidacy of Luis Hierro López. Viera was the most voted in Rivera, the only department in which

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did not obtain a majority of the votes of the Colorado Party. In the

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he integrated the ballot of ''Propuesta Batllista'', as the second candidate after

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; and as the first candidate for the deputation of the sector of him by the Rivera Department, being elected and opting for the bench of senator. In

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he lost his senatorial seat, but was elected National Representative. In June 2015, he created a new sector within the Colorado Party called ''Espacio Abierto'' ("''Open Space''"), also made up of the Intendant Marne Osorio and the National Representative for Montevideo Conrado Rodríguez. He stated that he wanted to "bring together the Batllista movements of the Colorado Party." On October 23, 2020, he assumed the senatorial seat that belonged to Julio María Sanguinetti, who retired from politics. On August 23, 2021, he took office as

, after the resignation of Germán Cardoso.

Minister of Tourism

Following the resignation of Germán Cardoso on August 20, 2021, Viera was announced as his successor on the 23rd by the general secretary of the Colorado Party, Julio María Sanguinetti. One of his first actions as minister was to coordinate the gradual opening of the borders.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Viera, Tabare Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay 1955 births Living people