Liberty Building (Montevideo)
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Liberty Building (
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: Edificio Libertad) served as one of two executive office buildings of the
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(the
Estévez Palace The Estévez Palace ( Spanish: Palacio Estévez) is a building situated in Plaza Independencia, Montevideo, Uruguay, designed in a combination of Doric and Colonial styles by Manoel de Castel in 1873. It has served as the working place of the P ...
being the other). It was built in the 1970s during the military government for the Ministry of Defense, but in 1985, president
Julio María Sanguinetti Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (; born 6 January 1936) often known by his initials JMS, is a Uruguayan former lawyer, journalist and politician of the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party (PC) who served as the President of Uruguay as the ...
decided to move the presidential office to that building. Its surrounding area was turned into a park with a permanent exhibit of modern sculptures, which was inaugurated in 1996. In 2006, President
Tabaré Vázquez Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (; 17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39th and 41st President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. During his political career, Vázquez was a ...
announced that he would be moving the presidential offices to the
Executive Tower The Executive Tower (Spanish: ''Torre Ejecutiva'') is the official workplace of the President of Uruguay. It is located in front of the Plaza Independencia, in Barrio Centro, Montevideo. History The original project was started in 1965 as a ...
and turn the Liberty Building into a
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. It is currently the headquarters of the State Health Services Administration.


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