Víctor Báez Mosqueira (born 29 May 1956) is a
Paraguyan trade union leader.
Born in
Asuncion, Báez was a founding member of the Trade Union of Bank Employees in the 1970s, serving as its general secretary from 1977 until 1986.
In 1983, Báez was elected as the auditor of the
ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers
The ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers ( es, Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores, ORIT) was the regional organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) for the Americas.
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(ORIT), and in 1985 he additionally became general secretary of the Paraguayan Inter-Union Movement (MIT). With democratisation in Paraguay, the MIT became the
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, and Báez served as its president from 1989 until 1993. He was also a founding member of the Southern Cone Trade Union Coordinating Body.
Báez was elected in the
1991 Paraguayan Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Paraguay on 1 December 1991.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p425 The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won 122 of the 198 seats. Vote ...
. Within ORIT, he rose to become Secretary of Economic and Social Policies, and then general secretary. In 2008 ORIT merged into the
Trade Union Confederation of the Americas
The Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) is the regional organization of the International Trade Union Confederation for the Americas. History
The confederation was formed in March 2008 when the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organis ...
, and Báez continued as general secretary. In 2018, he moved to become a Deputy General Secretary of the
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation.
History
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References
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1956 births
Living people
Paraguayan trade unionists
People from Asunción