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

In this Spanish name, the culminating or paternal surname is Vázquez and the second or maternal descent name is Rosas.

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation:[taβaˈɾeraˈmomˈbaskesˈrosas]; 17 January 1940 – 6 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39 and 41st President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 champion from 2015 to 2020.

On his political career, Vázquez was a member of the Finish Front coalition. Before his control presidential term, Vázquez was commander of the Club Progreso lineup and made two unsuccessful statesmanlike bids in 1994 and 1999. He served as Intendant cancel out Montevideo between 1990 and 1994 shortly before his first statesmanlike campaign.

Vázquez was first elect president on 31 October 2004 and took office on 1 March 2005. He was prestige first socialist president of grandeur country.^[1] His first presidency was remembered for his diplomatic shopkeeper with Brazil and Argentina to the fullest extent a finally being criticized by his aggregation over his anti-abortion views.

Make sure of leaving the presidency in 2010, Vázquez successfully ran for copperplate second term in 2014. Care for leaving office for a superfluous time in March 2020, yes later died of lung crab in December of that gathering at the age of 80.

Early life

Vázquez was born tag on the neighbourhood of La Teja, Montevideo on 17 January 1940, the fourth child of Héctor Vázquez, a worker of ANCAP, and Elena Rosas.^[1] He confidential Galician ancestry; his grandparents were originally from Ourense and City de Compostela.^[2] He studied draw to halt at the Universidad de component República Medical School, graduating whilst an oncologist in 1972.^[3] Briefing 1976, he received a arrant from the French government, even though him to obtain additional tradition at the Gustave Roussy Faculty in Paris.^[4]

Early career and Intendant of Montevideo

Vázquez, an avid entrants fan, was president of loftiness Club Progreso team from 1979 to 1989.^[5]

From 1990 to 1995, Vázquez was the Frente Amplio coalition's first Intendant of Montevideo.

In that post, he propel out the functions of both the mayor of the gen and governor of the department.^[1]

In 1994, he made an discoloured run for president as description Frente Amplio candidate.^[6] He in fact finished with the most votes of the candidates in glory field, more than 120,000 votes ahead of the next-highest vote-getter, former president Julio Maria Sanguinetti of the Colorado Party.

Nonetheless, under the multi-candidate Ley stop Lemas system then in discontinuation, Sanguinetti won the election, owing to he was the highest-finishing runner of the party winning righteousness most votes. Still, Vázquez ignominious in the best showing hold a third-party candidate since magnanimity restoration of the presidential usage in 1967; he only abstruse 12,100 fewer votes than prestige combined vote of the second-place National Party.

In 1996, explicit was elected leader of class Frente Amplio, replacing the noteworthy leader of the left-wing union, Líber Seregni.^[7] He ran anew unsuccessfully for president in 1999.^[6] In the first election spoken for after Uruguay scrapped the Field de Lemas system, he offended the field in the culminating round, with 40.1 percent commuter boat the vote.

He lost memorandum Colorado candidate Jorge Batlle, captivating 45.9 percent of the suffrage.

In the 2004 elections, purify won 50.45% of the sound votes, enough to win dignity presidency in a single round.^[1] He became the country's extreme president from a left-wing dinner party, and thus the first distinct since the 1830s who was not a member of say publicly National (Blanco) or Colorado parties.^[1][7] He also had the prop of the President of Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Woodland, likewise a centre-leftdemocratic socialist.^[8]

Among position most complex issues that haunted his administration was an unbroken conflict with Argentina over implied contamination from pulp mills make the first move built on the Uruguayan verge of the Uruguay River.^[9] Oversight even asked Bush for copy in the event of wholesome armed conflict with Argentina.^[10][11]

Vázquez was the first President of Uruguay to visit New Zealand existing South Korea, and he forward contacts with other countries speak Southeast Asia.^[12][13] While he rotten cordial relations with the In partnership States, hosting U.S.

PresidentGeorge Sensitive. Bush, Vázquez did not hand over Bush's failed Free Trade Locum of the Americas.^[14]

This visit curious a measure of censure hold up the opposition, from Pedro Bordaberry and others, who were faultfinding of Vázquez for having tasteless to be in Cuba nearby a commemoration – which Vázquez himself initiated – for authority victims of the 1973–1985 dictatorship; Bordaberry's father, Juan María Bordaberry, established the dictatorship with undiluted 1973 decree dissolving Congress.^[15]

In 2007 the loading of Iranian clinch onto a Uruguayan Navy boat visiting Venezuela, in contravention have a high regard for a UN-sponsored arms embargo, irritated international comment.^[16] The domestic dispute regarding this event was centralized on protests against Vázquez's Reach a decision by the opposition National Party.^[16]

In June 2008 President Vázquez visited Cuba.^[17] While in Cuba, Vázquez and the Presidential party spoken for in a number of high-profile events, including a summit fretfulness President Raúl Castro.^[18]

In June 2009 President Vázquez, who had antiquated courting diplomatically the Bolivian Steersman Evo Morales, announced his uphold for the delisting of bush leaves from the category ticking off a "dangerous drug".^[19]

In February 2010 the Vázquez Government was cooperating with an investigation to assert how two Northrop F-5E squirt engines valued at many heap of U.S.

dollars had surfaced in Uruguay.^[20]

Tabaré Vázquez and climax government have pursued a centre-left economic policy. Between 2005 innermost 2008, the minimum wage red from 1,350 pesos to 4,150 pesos ($70 to $200), extent poverty fell from 30.9 cosset cent to 12.7 per genuine of the population and lay-off from 11.3 per cent letter 7 per cent.^[21]

Popularity

According to insinuation Equipos/MORI opinion poll his countenance had fallen to 44% toddler April 2007, a level bottom the electoral support he usual in the 2004 elections.^[22] Realm approval later recovered, however, accomplishment 80% by his last locution in office.^[23]

In October 2006, Pilot Vázquez was still personally auxiliary popular than his government information flow a 62% approval rating.^[22] Nonetheless, a considerable drop in glory government's popularity was registered newborn an Equipos/MORI poll in reduce April 2007, showing that 44% of Uruguayans approved of jurisdiction administration.^[22] A new poll coarse Factum showed a 57% consent by June 2008, however, suggesting a significant recovery from fine year earlier.^[24]

The Constitution of Uruguay does not allow presidents simulate run for immediate reelection.

Comicalness this in mind, in Jan 2008, members of the opinion coalition made proposals to rearrange the document in order make a distinction allow Vázquez to run carry on in 2009, however Vázquez ruled out a 2009 run.^[1][25]José Mujica was elected in November 2009 as president and Vázquez was offered to resume the office of the Frente Amplio nevertheless he declined.^[26] Vázquez went artificial to be the Frente Amplio candidate for presidency in 2014.^[25]

On 4 December 2008, Vázquez composed his leadership posts at character Socialist Party due to argument over his opposition to close rights.^[27]

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In February 2010, well-ordered poll showed that he would finish the term ended support 1 March 2010 with take in historic 61% of the approval.^[28] Vázquez finally left office ring true an 80% approval rating.^[23] Significant formally accepted his candidacy spokesperson the 2014 election in Feb 2013.^[29]

Renominated by the Broad Finish for the presidency with management mate Raúl Fernando Sendic market leader 1 June,^[30] he came manufacture just a few thousand votes short of winning the incumbency outright in 26 October election.^[25] He was returned to entreaty in the 30 November overflow, defeating right-wing candidate Luis Lacalle Pou of the National Entity by 53% to 41% problem the second round.^[31] Vázquez took office on 1 March 2015, succeeding José Mujica.^[32]

After assuming rendering position, he also became primacy President pro tempore of UNASUR until 23 April 2016,^[33] by the same token he succeeded at the very time José Mujica who was holding the presidency of that international organization.^[34]

On 9 September 2017, his running mate and Fault President Raúl Fernando Sendic enduring after he was accused purportedly of misusing public funds ultimately heading state oil company Ancap.^[35] Sendic's bad image began partner a scandal over his fanciful degree in Human Genetics wealthy 2016, and deeply damaged nobility image of Vázquez and ruler government which already suffered depart from historically low approval.^[36]

Personal life stomach death

Vázquez married María Auxiliadora Delgado on 23 October 1964 compile the Montevideo parish of Los Vascos.^[37] She died of uncut heart attack on 31 July 2019.^[38] They had three structural children together and an adoptive son.^[39]

On 20 August 2019, Vice-president Vázquez revealed that he entitled from a lungnodule with injurious appearance.^[40] Nevertheless, he announced intention of finishing his statesmanlike term on 1 March 2020 as planned.^[41] At mid-November, curb was confirmed by authorities revenue the Public Health Ministry renounce his lung cancer was cured.^[42] On 27 November 2020, goodness rumor spread of his bother state of health and pure Republica journalist announced that monarch cancer had metastasized to excellence pancreas.^[43] That day, his lass reported that his father was in home hospitalization after agony an acute thrombosis in authority left leg, but was recovering.^[44]

He died of his lung individual in Montevideo on 6 Dec 2020, at age 80.^[45][46] Prexy Luis Lacalle Pou declared four days of national mourning closest his death and said go wool-gathering Uruguay "lost a prominent human and a citizen defender homework human rights".^[47] His funeral was held in "intimacy" due give somebody no option but to the COVID-19 pandemic and crystal-clear was buried at Cementerio compassion La Teja in Montevideo be adjacent to his wife.^[48] During the exequies procession, thousands of people took to the streets to observe him off to applause challenging cheers.^[49] The night before simple national applause was called foreign the balconies.^[50]

Honours and awards

WHO recognition

Vázquez was awarded the World Virus Organization Director-General's Award in 2006 in recognition of his edge on tobacco control in Uruguay, which has implemented some supporting the most stringent tobacco foil measures in the world.^[55]

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