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Amílcar Vasconcellos ( Artigas, 22 September 1915 -
Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, 22 October. 1999) was a
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and Senator. In 1967 he challenged
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.The Victoria Advocate for October 31, 1967
/ref> He was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1957 to 1958 and in 1967.


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Uruguayan people of Portuguese descent People from Artigas Department University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni 20th-century Uruguayan lawyers Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Ministers of economy and finance of Uruguay Ministers of livestock, agriculture, and fisheries of Uruguay National Council of Government (Uruguay) 1915 births 1999 deaths Candidates for President of Uruguay {{Uruguay-politician-stub