Roberto Kreimerman (

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, 1958) is a

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an engineer and politician. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from the

University of the Republic (Uruguay) The University of the Republic (, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is a public university, public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the country's oldest and largest university, as well as one of the largest public universities in South Amer ...

. Afterwards he got a postgraduate degree from the

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. A member of the Broad Front, during 2010-2014 he served as Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining in the cabinet of President

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. As of 2019, Kreimerman left the Broad Front and joined Popular Unity, running for a Senate seat in the

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