Luis Alberto Lacalle
| Luis Alberto Lacalle | |
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Luis Alberto Lacalle in 2014.
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| 36th President of Uruguay | |
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In office March 1, 1990 – March 1, 1995 |
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| Vice President | Gonzalo Aguirre |
| Preceded by | Julio María Sanguinetti |
| Succeeded by | Julio María Sanguinetti |
| Chairman of the National Party | |
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In office August 17, 2009 – June 11, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Julio Pereyra |
| Succeeded by | Luis Alberto Heber |
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In office April 25, 1999 – June 27, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Alberto Volonté |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Larrañaga |
| Personal details | |
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July 13, 1941 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality | Uruguayan |
| Political party | National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Pou (1970–present) |
| Relations | Luis Alberto de Herrera (grandfather) |
| Children | Pilar Luis Alberto Juan José Manuel |
| Alma mater | University of the Republic |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera, GCMG, (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis alˈβerto laˈkaʎe ðe eˈreɾa], known as Cuqui (born July 13, 1941) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.
His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, was the daughter of the Blanco political leader Luis Alberto de Herrera, after whom Lacalle was named. Luis Alberto Lacalle joined the National Party at the age of 17. In 1961 he started working as a journalist for Clarin and he graduated from the University of the Republic's law school in 1964. In 1971, he was elected deputy for Montevideo and kept his seat until the 1973 coup, when President Juan María Bordaberry dissolved parliament.
In August 1978 Lacalle was sent three bottles of wine tainted with poison addressed to himself and two fellow National Party members (Heber and Pereyra) who had been trying to negotiate a way out of the military regime. Lacalle's wife warned him against the suspicious gift, but Heber's wife drank a glass, dying immediately. The case remains unsolved.
When democracy was restored in 1984 he was elected senator, and became vice-president of the Senate.
In 1989 he ran for the presidency for his faction, Herrerismo, with running-mate, Gonzalo Aguirre. In the subsequent elections in November 1989, the National Party defeated the rival Colorado Party (running with several presidential candidates: Jorge Batlle Jorge Pacheco Areco and Hugo Fernandez Faingold and Broad Front (running with presidential candidate Líber Seregni. Lacalle received the most votes within his party, defeating Carlos Julio Pereyra and Alberto Zumarán, and thus was elected President of Uruguay, taking office on March 1, 1990 for a five year-term.
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