Municipal Intendent of Montevideo
Encyclopedia
The Municipal Intendant of Montevideo is the highest ranking official in the government of Montevideo
. It is elected every five years after the presidential elections
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Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
. It is elected every five years after the presidential elections
Elections in Uruguay
Uruguay elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five year term by the people. The General Assembly has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies has 99 members, elected for a five year term by...
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List of Intendents of Montevideo
- Daniel Muñoz (1909 - 1911)
- Ramón V. Benzano (1911 - 1914)
- Juan M. Aubriot (1914 - 1914)
- Santiago Rivas (1914 - 1915)
- Francisco Accinelli (1915 - 1919)
- Alberto Dagnino (1933 - 1937)
- Luis Alberto Zanzi (1937 - 1938)
- Horacio Acosta y Lara (1938 - 1942)
- Benigno Paiva (1942 - 1942)
- Pedro Onetti (1942 - 1943)
- Juan Pedro Fabini (1943 - 1947)
- Andrés Martínez TruebaAndrés Martínez Trueba-Background:Martínez Trueba was born in Montevideo and grew up in the Peñarol area, graduating from university with a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry.-Earlier career:...
(1947 - 1948) - Álvaro Correa Moreno (1950 - 1951)
- Germán Barbato (1951 - 1954)
- Armando Malet (1954 - 1955)
- Elect members of the Concejo Departamental (1955-1967)
- Glauco Segovia (1967 - 1967)
- Carlos Bartolomé Herrera (1967 - 1969)
- Oscar Víctor Rachetti (1969 - 1971)
- E. Mario Peyrot (1971 - 1972)
- Oscar Víctor Rachetti (1972 - 1983)
- Juan Carlos Payssé (1983 - 1985)
- Aquiles R. Lanza (1985 - 1985)
- Julio Iglesias Álvarez (1985 - 1986)
- Eduardo Fabini Jiménez (1989 - 1990)
- Tabaré VázquezTabaré VázquezTabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...
(1990 – 1994) - Tabaré González (1994 - 1995)
- Mariano AranaMariano AranaMariano Arana is an Uruguayan architect and politician, former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of Uruguay and former mayor of Montevideo.-Biography:...
(1995 - 2000 / 2000 - 2005) - Adolfo Pérez Piera (2005)
- Ricardo EhrlichRicardo EhrlichRicardo Ehrlich is a Uruguayan engineer anda political figure.Since 2005 he has been Mayor of Montevideo...
(2005 – 2010) - Hyara Rodríguez (2010)
- Ana OliveraAna OliveraAna Olivera , is an Uruguayan professor and politician belonging to the Communist Party of Uruguay, which has been integrated with Frente Amplio. She has served as Deputy Minister of Social Development during the government of Tabaré Vázquez...
(2010 - current time)