César Vega (born 1962) is a

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...

, communicator, and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He graduated as agronomist in 1987 at the Faculty of Agronomy of the

University of the Republic The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America and t ...

. Its announcer radio program called «''La voz delagro''» in Radio Fénix 1330AM, promotes responsible consumption of

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

s and

vegetable Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...

s. He is a candidate for the presidential election Uruguay and parliamentary representation by the

Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente The Ecologist Radical Intransigent Party ( es, Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente, acronym PERI) is a Uruguayan green party established in 2013. It participated in 2014 and 2019 primaries and general elections, obtaining in 2019 for the fir ...

(PERI), founded in 2013. The program has an emphasis on the preservation of

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and are contrary to the open sky megaminería. In the 2019 general election, he ran for president but lost however, he was elected national representative for Montevideo, a position he took on 25 February 2020.

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1962 births Uruguayan agronomists Living people Uruguayan radio presenters Green politicians Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay {{Uruguay-politician-stub