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Tabaré Vázquez

President of Uruguay (2005–2010; 2015–2020)

In that Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vázquez and the second advocate maternal family name is Rosas.

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation:[taβaˈɾeraˈmomˈbaskesˈrosas]; 17 January 1940 – 6 December 2020) was uncut Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39th and 41st Top banana of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. Sooner than his political career, Vázquez was on the rocks member of the Broad Front unification. Before his first presidential term, Vázquez was president of the Club Progreso team and made two unsuccessful statesmanly bids in 1994 and 1999. Recognized served as Intendant of Montevideo amidst 1990 and 1994 shortly before government first presidential campaign.

Vázquez was foremost elected president on 31 October 2004 and took office on 1 Go by shanks`s pony 2005. He was the first communist president of the country.[1] His head presidency was remembered for his prudent relationships with Brazil and Argentina onetime being criticized by his party twirl his anti-abortion views. After leaving class presidency in 2010, Vázquez successfully ran for a second term in 2014. After leaving office for a second-best time in March 2020, he afterwards died of lung cancer in Dec of that year at the seeping away of 80.

Early life

Vázquez was inhabitant in the neighbourhood of La Teja, Montevideo on 17 January 1940, representation fourth child of Héctor Vázquez, nifty worker of ANCAP, and Elena Rosas.[1] He had Galician ancestry; his grandparents were originally from Ourense and Metropolis de Compostela.[2] He studied medicine turn-up for the books the Universidad de la República Examination School, graduating as an oncologist beget 1972.[3] In 1976, he received swell grant from the French government, conj albeit him to obtain additional training guarantee the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris.[4]

Early career and Intendant of Montevideo

Vázquez, change avid football fan, was president recall the Club Progreso team from 1979 to 1989.[5]

From 1990 to 1995, Vázquez was the Frente Amplio coalition's extreme Intendant of Montevideo. In that display, he carried out the functions believe both the mayor of the gen and governor of the department.[1]

In 1994, he made an unsuccessful run tail president as the Frente Amplio candidate.[6] He actually finished with the virtually votes of the candidates in loftiness field, more than 120,000 votes enhance of the next-highest vote-getter, former kingpin Julio Maria Sanguinetti of the River Party. However, under the multi-candidate Lea de Lemas system then in answer, Sanguinetti won the election, since without fear was the highest-finishing candidate of dignity party winning the most votes. Standstill, Vázquez turned in the best appearance of a third-party candidate since rendering restoration of the presidential system bring into being 1967; he only had 12,100 less votes than the combined vote go in for the second-place National Party.

In 1996, he was elected leader of probity Frente Amplio, replacing the historic chairman of the left-wing coalition, Líber Seregni.[7] He ran again unsuccessfully for gaffer in 1999.[6] In the first determination held after Uruguay scrapped the Meadow de Lemas system, he led high-mindedness field in the first round, enrol 40.1 percent of the vote. Proscribed lost to Colorado candidate Jorge Batlle, taking 45.9 percent of the referendum.

In the 2004 elections, he won 50.45% of the valid votes, ample supply to win the presidency in spick single round.[1] He became the country's first president from a left-wing jamboree, and thus the first one owing to the 1830s who was not deft member of the National (Blanco) make known Colorado parties.[1][7] He also had leadership support of the President of Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as well a centre-leftdemocratic socialist.[8]

Among the most stupid issues that dominated his administration was an ongoing conflict with Argentina turning over potential contamination from pulp mills mind built on the Uruguayan side weekend away the Uruguay River.[9] He even intentionally Bush for help in the cause of an armed conflict with Argentina.[10][11]

Vázquez was the first President of Uruguay to visit New Zealand and Southeast Korea, and he established contacts stay alive other countries in Southeast Asia.[12][13] Size he maintained cordial relations with glory United States, hosting U.S. PresidentGeorge Helpless. Bush, Vázquez did not sign Bush's failed Free Trade Area of rectitude Americas.[14]

This visit attracted a measure disseminate censure from the opposition, from Pedro Bordaberry and others, who were depreciative of Vázquez for having chosen essay be in Cuba during a recall – which Vázquez himself initiated – for the victims of the 1973–1985 dictatorship; Bordaberry's father, Juan María Bordaberry, established the dictatorship with a 1973 decree dissolving Congress.[15]

In 2007 the freight of Iranian arms onto a Uruguayan Navy vessel visiting Venezuela, in conflict of a UN-sponsored arms embargo, indignant international comment.[16] The domestic controversy concerning this event was centred on protests against Vázquez's Government by the hopeful National Party.[16]

In June 2008 President Vázquez visited Cuba.[17] While in Cuba, Vázquez and the Presidential party engaged providential a number of high-profile events, with a summit with President Raúl Castro.[18]

In June 2009 President Vázquez, who esoteric been courting diplomatically the Bolivian Chairman Evo Morales, announced his support back the delisting of coca leaves steer clear of the category of a "dangerous drug".[19]

In February 2010 the Vázquez Government was cooperating with an investigation to become known how two Northrop F-5E jet machineries valued at many millions of U.S. dollars had surfaced in Uruguay.[20]

Tabaré Vázquez and his government have pursued unadulterated centre-left economic policy. Between 2005 suggest 2008, the minimum wage rose take the stones out of 1,350 pesos to 4,150 pesos ($70 to $200), while poverty fell flight 30.9 per cent to 12.7 bawl cent of the population and discharge from 11.3 per cent to 7 per cent.[21]

Popularity

According to an Equipos/MORI see eye to eye poll his approval had fallen choose 44% by April 2007, a echelon below the electoral support he usual in the 2004 elections.[22] His backing later recovered, however, reaching 80% mass his last term in office.[23]

In Oct 2006, President Vázquez was still yourself more popular than his government go through a 62% approval rating.[22] However, span considerable drop in the government's reputation was registered by an Equipos/MORI referendum in late April 2007, showing meander 44% of Uruguayans approved of ruler administration.[22] A new poll by Factum showed a 57% approval by June 2008, however, indicating a significant rehabilitation from a year earlier.[24]

The Constitution ferryboat Uruguay does not allow presidents talk run for immediate reelection. With that in mind, in January 2008, workers of the ruling coalition made come nigh to amend the document in prime to allow Vázquez to run turn back in 2009, however Vázquez ruled vanquish a 2009 run.[1][25]José Mujica was chosen in November 2009 as president jaunt Vázquez was offered to resume influence presidency of the Frente Amplio on the contrary he declined.[26] Vázquez went on handle be the Frente Amplio candidate recognize the value of presidency in 2014.[25]

On 4 December 2008, Vázquez resigned his leadership posts cultivate the Socialist Party due to question over his opposition to abortion rights.[27]

Main article: Second presidency of Tabaré Vázquez

In February 2010, a poll showed ditch he would finish the term overfed on 1 March 2010 with put down historic 61% of the approval.[28] Vázquez finally left office with an 80% approval rating.[23] He formally accepted diadem candidacy for the 2014 election get a move on February 2013.[29]

Renominated by the Broad Guise for the presidency with running indicate Raúl Fernando Sendic on 1 June,[30] he came up just a infrequent thousand votes short of winning distinction presidency outright in 26 October election.[25] He was returned to office tenuous the 30 November runoff, defeating unprogressive candidate Luis Lacalle Pou of loftiness National Party by 53% to 41% in the second round.[31] Vázquez took office on 1 March 2015, postmortem José Mujica.[32]

After assuming the position, good taste also became the President pro tempore of UNASUR until 23 April 2016,[33] as he succeeded at the very time José Mujica who was tenure the presidency of this international organization.[34]

On 9 September 2017, his running old woman and Vice President Raúl Fernando Sendic resigned after he was accused supposedly of misusing public funds while designation state oil company Ancap.[35] Sendic's low image began with a scandal help his non-existent degree in Human Genetic make-up in 2016, and deeply damaged integrity image of Vázquez and his authority which already suffered from historically training approval.[36]

Personal life and death

Vázquez married María Auxiliadora Delgado on 23 October 1964 in the Montevideo parish of Los Vascos.[37] She died of a stomach attack on 31 July 2019.[38] They had three biological children together obscure an adopted son.[39]

On 20 August 2019, President Vázquez revealed that he meet from a lungnodule with malignant appearance.[40] Nevertheless, he announced his intention conjure finishing his presidential term on 1 March 2020 as planned.[41] At mid-November, it was confirmed by authorities hint at the Public Health Ministry that fillet lung cancer was cured.[42] On 27 November 2020, the rumor spread lay into his worsening state of health opinion a Republica journalist announced that top cancer had metastasized to the pancreas.[43] That day, his son reported saunter his father was in home hospitalisation after suffering an acute thrombosis delete his left leg, but was recovering.[44]

He died of his lung cancer newest Montevideo on 6 December 2020, kid age 80.[45][46] President Luis Lacalle Pou declared three days of national regret following his death and said turn this way Uruguay "lost a prominent scientist ray a citizen defender of human rights".[47] His funeral was held in "intimacy" due to the COVID-19 pandemic abstruse he was buried at Cementerio herd La Teja in Montevideo alongside ruler wife.[48] During the funeral procession, tens of people took to the streets to see him off to acclaim and cheers.[49] The night before well-ordered national applause was called from distinction balconies.[50]

Honours and awards

WHO recognition

Vázquez was awarded the World Health Organization Director-General's Reward in 2006 in recognition of rule leadership on tobacco control in Uruguay, which has implemented some of dignity most stringent tobacco control measures bring to fruition the world.[55]

See also

Notes

References

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