This is a list of
notable individuals born in
Uruguay of
Lebanese ancestry (
Lebanese Uruguayans
There are about 53,000 to 75,000 Lebanese Uruguayans, or Uruguayans of Lebanese origin. The Lebanese are one of the larger non-European communities, though still not as large a group as most European groups. Relations between Uruguay and Leban ...
) or people of Lebanese and Uruguayan
dual nationality who live or lived in Uruguay.
Arts
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Malena Muyala
Malena Muyala (born 23 March 1971) is a Uruguayan singer-songwriter who specializes in Tango (music genre), tango and Milonga (music), milonga music. She has released several albums that were certified gold and platinum, and has toured within an ...
- tango singer
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Felipe Seade Felipe Seade (1912 – 18 January 1969) was a painter and teacher of Lebanese descent who spent most of his life in Uruguay.
Seade was born in Antofagasta, Chile, the elder son of a Lebanese immigrant family. Eleven years later his whole ...
- painter
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Dahd Sfeir Dahd Sfeir (20 July 1932 – 17 August 2015) was a notable Uruguayan actress of Lebanese descent.
She was awarded the Helen Hayes Award in 1996.
Sfeir was married to author Carlos María Gutiérrez
Carlos María Gutiérrez (1926-1991) was a Uru ...
- actress
Politicians
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Alberto Abdala - politician, lawyer, painter, former Vice-President of Uruguay
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Carlos Abdala
Carlos Abdala (1930–1976) was a Uruguayan politician and diplomat.
He served as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Later he was appointed Ambassador in Paraguay, a country where he was mistakingly assassinated by a Croatian Revolutionary Br ...
- politician and diplomat
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Pablo Abdala - politician and lawyer
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Washington Abdala
Manuel Juan Washington Abdala Remerciari, aka el Turco (born 8 September 1959, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.
He was a National Representative for the Colorado Party from 1995 till 2010. In 2000, with Jorge Batlle elected ...
- politician, lawyer, media pundit
Writers
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Amir Hamed - writer and translator
Judges
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Jorge Chediak
Jorge Chediak (born 7 October 1951, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer and judge.
Since 2009 he is a member of the Supreme Court of Justice
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. ...
- member of the Supreme Court
See also
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Lebanon–Uruguay relations
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List of Lebanese people
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List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
References
{{Lebanese diaspora
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