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Luis Lacalle Pou

42nd President of Uruguay (2020–2025)

Luis Lacalle Pou

Gastón Britos (agencia FocoUy) para Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uru · CC BY-SA 4.0

He was born on 11 August 1973 in Montevideo and is the son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle.[1] Since the 1980s, Lacalle Pou has been an enthusiast of surfing.[2]

Quick Facts

Order
42nd
Office
President of Uruguay
Took office
1 March 2020
Left office
1 March 2025
Vice president
Beatriz Argimón
Predecessor
Tabaré Vázquez
Successor
Yamandú Orsi

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

He was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1999 and served from 2000 to 2015.[3] He chaired the lower house during the 2011–2012 session and later served as Senator from 2015 to 2019.[4] He ran unsuccessfully for president in 2014 but defeated Daniel Martínez in the 2019 general election with 50.79% of the vote in the second round.[4][5] His administration presented an "Urgent Consideration Law" in April 2020, which was enacted on July 8, 2020.[6]

A referendum in March 2022 upheld 135 articles of that law.[6] When he assumed the presidency at age 46, Lacalle Pou was the youngest person to hold that office since Uruguay's dictatorship ended in 1985.[5] While president, Lacalle Pou directed Uruguay's COVID-19 pandemic response and implemented changes to retirement and pension laws.[6] A constitutional prohibition on consecutive re-election prevented Lacalle Pou from seeking a second presidential term.[7]

What the cited sources add

A Buenos Aires Times article reports that Lacalle Pou announced the total closure of Uruguay's borders with Argentina due to the coronavirus epidemic, effective at midnight on July 17.[8] The same source states he gave a new balance of 29 confirmed cases, up from eight reported on Sunday.[8] The same article mentions that when his father was elected president, Lacalle Pou was in his final years at The British Schools.[9] A Pagina12 article from November 2019 identifies Lacalle Pou as the next president of Uruguay.[10]

A profile in Revista Galeria de Busqueda notes that former schoolmates refer to Lacalle Pou by the nickname "Manga," a reference to the goalkeeper Haílton Corrêa de Arruda.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "El segundo integrante de la familia en convertirse en jefe de Estado", El País (Uruguay), 28 November 2019; "Uruguay votes in second round of presidential poll", BBC News, 24 November 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zanocchi, "Un surfista fue electo presidente de Uruguay", Dukesurf.com, 28 November 2019; Deges, "How Uruguay's revamped cathedral and rugby-mad president are propelling their rise", Rugby Pass, 3 September 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Codrops, "Graduado UCU es electo presidente", Universidad Católica del Uruguay (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ElPais, "Lacalle Pou renuncia al Senado el lunes 12 antes de iniciar la gira electoral", Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Uruguay: el escrutinio definitivo consagró a Luis Lacalle Pou como nuevo Presidente", infobae, 28 November 2019; Risso, "Quién es Luis Lacalle, el surfista que pone fin a 15 años de gobierno de izquierda en Uruguay", BBC News Mundo, 29 February 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Prieto, "Comenzó a regir la reforma jubilatoria impulsada por Luis Lacalle Pou en Uruguay", infobae, 2023-08-06; "Lacalle Pou es el presidente mejor evaluado en América Latina por manejo del Covid-19", subrayado.com.uy, 2021-07-26; "Senado aprobó la LUC con 18 en 30 votos con críticas del Frente Amplio", EL PAIS, 2020-07-08; "Voto a voto: mirá todos los resultados del referéndum de la LUC", EL PAIS, 2022-03-27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Luis Lacalle Pou" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Álvaro Delgado anunció que Lacalle Pou integrará una lista al Senado en el Partido Nacional", EL PAIS, 2024-07-01 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "Uruguay closes borders with Argentina in bid to block coronavirus", Buenos Aires Times. facts only, no text reused. batimes.com.ar
  9. Elena Risso, "110 años de The British Schools", Revista Galeria de Busqueda en Montevideo Portal. facts only, no text reused. galeria.montevideo.com.uy
  10. "Quién es Luis Lacalle Pou, el nuevo presidente de Uruguay", Pagina12, 24 November 2019. facts only, no text reused. pagina12.com.ar

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Luis Lacalle Pou (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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