Rodolfo Nin Novoa
| Rodolfo Nin Novoa | |
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Rodolfo Nin in 2007.
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| Chancellor of Uruguay | |
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Assumed office March 1, 2015 |
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| President | Tabaré Vázquez |
| Preceded by | Luis Almagro |
| 14th Vice President of Uruguay | |
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In office March 1, 2005 – March 1, 2010 |
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| President | Tabaré Vázquez |
| Preceded by | Luis Antonio Hierro López |
| Succeeded by | Danilo Astori |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 January 1948 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality | Uruguayan |
| Political party |
Broad Front Progressive Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Damiani |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Montevideo |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Rodolfo Nin Novoa (born 25 January 1948) is a Uruguayan politician who is the Chancellor of Uruguay, he was formerly the Vice President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010. He is the leader of Progressive Alliance.
Since March 1, 2015 he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
He was born into a mixed Armenian-Spanish family. Having originally received a traditional, Roman Catholic education, Nin was a member of the National Party and mayor in his department (Cerro Largo). He joined the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) only in 1994. Among the issues with which Nin Novoa has been identified has been the successful efforts to prevent the privatization of water supplies and other services, amidst fears of its effects on users living in the interior of the country.
Nin Novoa was Vice President of Uruguay, serving under President Tabaré Vázquez, from 2005 to 2010. He succeeded Luis Antonio Hierro López in that office.
Vice President Nin's Chief of Staff, Gonzalo Nin Novoa, has received wide media exposure on various issues including defence procurement and expense claims. By the end of 2007 the Nin brothers were facing hostility from ostensible colleagues, including Juan Domínguez, and others, in the ruling Frente Amplio coalition.
Nin Novoa's presence in the government of Tabaré Vázquez exemplified the highly diverse nature of the coalition of forces which it represented. He heads the Progressive Alliance, considered one of the rightmost groups of the Broad Front coalition and including the Christian Democratic Party. The Progressive Alliance forms part of the Liber Seregni Front along with Uruguay Assembly of Danilo Astori and New Space of Rafael Michelini, reflecting moderate, centre-left to centrist tendencies.
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