The Autonomous State Entities and Decentralized Services () are two types of

government-owned corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity created or owned by a national or local government, either through an executive order or legislation. SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goo ...

s typical of the

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

. According to Section XI of the

Constitution of Uruguay The Constitution of Uruguay () is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last constitutional amendment, amendment was made in 2004. Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of ...

, their

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is subject to

public law Public law is the part of law that governs relations and affairs between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that ...

Autonomous State Entities

* Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE) * Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP) *

State Railways Administration of Uruguay The State Railways Administration of Uruguay (), or AFE, is the autonomous agency of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay charged with rail transport and the maintenance of Uruguayan railways. History On 31 December 1948, Parliament approved projects ...

(AFE) * Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC) *

Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (also known as Banco República or BROU) is a state-owned commercial bank in Uruguay, founded in 1896 under the presidency of Juan Idiarte Borda. The most important Uruguayan bank with the largest number of customers, it plays a dominant role ...

(BROU) * Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU) *

Central Bank of Uruguay The Central Bank of Uruguay (, BCU) is the central bank of Uruguay. History The Central Bank of Uruguay was established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity (), with the passing of the 196th article of the Constitution of 1967. Prior ...

(BCU) *

Banco de Seguros del Estado The State Insurance Bank (, acronym BSE) is a Uruguayan government-owned insurance company that provides insurance in Uruguay. Established on 27 December 1911, it operates under the Ministry of Economy and Finance (Uruguay), Ministry of Economy an ...

(BSE) * Banco de Previsión Social (BPS) *

University of the Republic The University of the Republic (, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is a public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the country's oldest and largest university, as well as one of the largest public universities in South America in terms of en ...

(UdelaR) * Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP)

Decentralized Services

* Attorney General's Office of Uruguay (FGN) * Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) * Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ANTEL) * Administración de los Servicios de Salud del Estado (ASSE) * Instituto del Niño y el Adolescente del Uruguay (INAU) * Administración Nacional de Correos (ANC) * Obras Sanitarias del Estado (OSE) * Agencia Nacional de Vivienda (ANV)

References

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