List of Lebanese people in Uruguay
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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 *
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 *
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

* Alberto Abdala - politician, lawyer, painter, former Vice-President of Uruguay *
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 * Pablo Abdala - politician and lawyer *
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

* 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

* Lebanon–Uruguay relations * List of Lebanese people * List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)


References

{{Lebanese diaspora Uruguay Lebanese * Lebanese