List of Ministers of Education and Culture (Uruguay)
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List of Minister of Education and Culture of Uruguay since 1884 (under its various naming):
| Ministers of Justice, Culte and Public Instruction | |
| Minister | Period |
| Juan Lindolfo Cuestas Juan Lindolfo Cuestas Juan Lindolfo Cuestas was a Uruguayan politician and served as the president of Uruguay from 1897 until 1899 and for a second term from 1899 to 1903.-Background:... |
1884–1886 |
| Aureliano Rodríguez Larreta | 1886 |
| Marcelino Berthelot | 1886–1887 |
| Duvimioso Terra | 1886–1888 |
| Martín Beragunde | 1886–1890 |
| Ministers of Promotion | |
| Minister | Period |
| Juan Alberto Capurro | 1891–1893 |
| Juan José Castro | 1894–1897 |
| Jacobo A. Varela | 1897–1899 |
| Carlos María De Pena | 1899 |
| Gregorio L. Rodríguez | 1899–1901 |
| José Serrato José Serrato -Background:Serrato was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which had long dominated the politics of the country. He was broadly identified with the policies of José Batlle y Ordóñez, but was regarded as not being strongly ideological, and thus able to work with others in the party... |
1903–1904 |
| Juan Alberto Capurro | 1903–1906 |
| Ministers of Industry, Work and Public Instruction | |
| Minister | Period |
| Gabriel Terra Gabriel Terra Dr. Gabriel Terra Leivas was the President of Uruguay from 1931 to 1938.- Background :Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family, he graduated from the University of Uruguay in 1895, and subsequently joined the faculty.... |
1907–1911 |
| José Batlle y Ordoñez José Batlle y Ordóñez José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez was the president of Uruguay in 1899 and from 1903 until 1907 and for a further term from 1911 to 1915. He was the son of former president, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau. His children César, Rafael and Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco were actively engaged in politics... |
1911 |
| Ministers of Justice and Public Instruction | |
| Minister | Period |
| Baltasar Brum Baltasar Brum Baltasar Brum Rodríguez was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay from 1919 to 1923.-Background:... |
1913–1914 |
| Pablo Blanco Acevedo | 1922–1924 |
| Carlos María Prando | 1925–1927 |
| Santín Carlos Rossi | 1929 |
| Andrés F. Puyol | 1933 |
| Horacio Abadie Santos | 1933–1934 |
| José Otamendi | 1934–1935 |
| Ministers of Public Instruction and Social Prevision | |
| Minister | Period |
| Martín R. Echegoyen | 1935–1936 |
| Eduardo Víctor Haedo Eduardo Víctor Haedo Eduardo Víctor Haedo was a Uruguayan political figure.- Background :Haedo was a prominent member of the Uruguayan National Party... |
1936–1938 |
| Luis Mattiauda | 1943–1946 |
| Juan Carbajal Victorica | 1946–1947 |
| Francisco Forteza Francisco Forteza Francisco Forteza was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:He was a medical doctor by profession. He was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. His son Francisco Forteza served as a Deputy, Senator, Economy Minister and Interior Minister.-Public offices:Forteza was elected as a... |
1947–1948 |
| Oscar Secco Ellauri Oscar Secco Ellauri Oscar Secco Ellauri was an Uruguayan politician and historian, Education and Culture Minister from 1948 to 1951 during the government of Luis Batlle Berres and Foreign Affairs Minister from June 6, 1957 to February 28, 1959 during the administrations of Arturo Lezama and Carlos Fischer... |
1948–1951 |
| Eduardo Blanco Acevedo Eduardo Blanco Acevedo Eduardo Blanco Acevedo was a Uruguayan political figure and physician.-Background:He was a distinguished Uruguayan political figure. He was long associated with the Colorado party... |
1951–1952 |
| Justino Zavala Muniz | 1952–1955 |
| Renán Rodríguez | 1955–1956 |
| Clemente Ruggia | 1956–1959 |
| Eduardo Pons Etcheverry | 1959–1963 |
| Juan E. Pivel Devoto | 1963–1967 |
| Ministers of Culture | |
| Minister | Period |
| Luis Hierro Gambardella Luis Hierro Gambardella - Background :He was a member of the Colorado Party.His father Luis Hierro was a Deputy from Treinta y Tres. His son Luis Antonio Hierro López was Vice President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005.- Public offices :... |
1967–1968 |
| Alba Roballo | 1968–1969 |
| Federico García Capurro | 1969–1970 |
| Ministers of Education and Culture | |
| Minister | Period |
| Carlos M. Fleitas | 1970–1971 |
| Ángel Rath | 1971–1972 |
| Julio María Sanguinetti | 1972–1973 |
| José María Robaina Ansó | 1973 |
| Edmundo Narancio¹ | 1973–1975 |
| Daniel Darracq¹ | 1975–1981 |
| Raquel Lombardo de De Betolaza¹ | 1981–1983 |
| Juan Bautista Schroeder Otero¹ | 1983–1984 |
| Armando López Scavino¹ | 1984–1985 |
| Adela Reta | 1985–1990 |
| Guillermo García Costa | 1990–1993 |
| Antonio Mercader | 1993–1995 |
| Samuel Lichtensztejn | 1995–1998 |
| Yamandú Fau | 1998–2000 |
| Antonio Mercader | 2000–2002 |
| Leonardo Guzmán | 2002–2004 |
| José Amorín Batlle | 2004–2005 |
| Jorge Brovetto | 2005–2008 |
| María Simón Maria Simon Maria Simon is a German actress.- Family and background :Simon is the sister of the actress Susanna Simon. She was born and brought up in the former East Germany but moved to New York in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the UN, and sister Dalena Simon... |
2008 – Incumbent |