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Tabare Vazquez

Tabaré Vázquez
Tabaré Vázquez en 2015.jpg
39th and 41st President of Uruguay
Assumed office
1 March 2015
Vice President Raúl Sendic
Preceded by José Mujica
In office
1 March 2005 – 1 March 2010
Vice President Rodolfo Nin
Preceded by Jorge Batlle
Succeeded by José Mujica
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
In office
1 March 2015 – 23 April 2016
Preceded by José Mujica
Succeeded by Nicolás Maduro
Intendant of Montevideo
In office
5 May 1990 – 5 May 1994
Preceded by Eduardo Fabini Jiménez
Succeeded by Tabaré González
Personal details
Born Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas
(1940-01-17) 17 January 1940 (age 77)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Broad Front
Spouse(s) María Auxiliadora Delgado
Children Ignacio
Álvaro
Javier
Fabián
Alma mater University of the Republic
Religion Roman Catholicism
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Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation: [taβaˈɾe raˈmon ˈbaskes ˈrosas]; born January 17, 1940) is a Uruguayan politician who has been President of Uruguay since 2015. He previously served as President from 2005 to 2010. A physician (oncologist) by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplio coalition (Broad Front in English).

Vázquez was first elected President on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010.

Born in the Montevideo neighbourhood of La Teja, Tabaré Vázquez studied medicine at the Universidad de la República Medical School, graduating as an oncology specialist in 1972. In 1976, he received a grant from the French government, allowing him to obtain additional training at the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris.

From 1990 to 1995, Vázquez was the Frente Amplio coalition's first Mayor of Montevideo. In 1994, he made an unsuccessful run for president as the Frente Amplio candidate, receiving 30.6% of the vote. In 1996, he was elected leader of the Frente Amplio, replacing the historic leader of the left-wing coalition, Liber Seregni. He ran again in 1999, receiving 45.9 percent of the vote in the runoff election, losing to Jorge Batlle.

Vázquez is married to María Auxiliadora Delgado and has three biological children with her (Ignacio, Álvaro and Javier) and an adopted son (Fabián).

In the 2004 elections, he won 50.45% of the valid votes, with 1,124,761 votes on the first ballot--enough to win the presidency in a single round. To date, he is the only president since the institution of a two-round system in 1999 to win without the need for a runoff.


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