Rodolfo Nin Novoa (born 25 January 1948) is a

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an politician who served as the 14th

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from 2005 to 2010. He also served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020 under

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. A member of the Broad Front, he is the leader of the

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faction.

Background

Having originally received a traditional, Roman Catholic education, Nin was a member of the National Party and Intendant of Cerro Largo from 1985 until 1994. He joined the ''Frente Amplio'' (Broad Front) only in 1994. Among the issues with which Nin Novoa has been identified has been the successful efforts to prevent the privatization of water supplies and other services, amidst fears of its effects on users living in the interior of the country.

Vice President of Uruguay

Nin Novoa was

Vice President of Uruguay The vice president of Uruguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Uruguayan government, after the President of Uruguay. The Vice President replaces the elected President in case of his death or absence. Th ...

, serving under President

, from 2005 to 2010. He succeeded

Luis Antonio Hierro López Luis Antonio Hierro López (born June 6, 1947) is a Uruguayan politician and diplomat who served as the 13th vice president of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005 under Jorge Batlle. Born into a political family, his father was Luis Hierro Gambardella, ...

in that office. Vice President Nin's Chief of Staff, Gonzalo Nin Novoa, has received wide media exposure on various issues including defence procurement and expense claims. By the end of 2007 the Nin brothers were facing hostility from ostensible colleagues, including Juan Domínguez, and others, in the ruling ''Frente Amplio'' coalition.

Complex political associations

Nin Novoa's presence in the government of

exemplified the highly diverse nature of the coalition of forces which it represented. He heads the

, considered one of the rightmost groups of the Broad Front coalition and including the

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. The Progressive Alliance forms part of the Liber Seregni Front along with

Uruguay Assembly The Uruguay Assembly (''Asamblea Uruguay'') is a social-democratic political party in Uruguay. It is a member organisation of the Broad Front. Its leader is the senator and former economy minister of Uruguay, Danilo Astori. Nowadays it forms ...

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and New Space of

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, reflecting moderate, centre-left to centrist tendencies.

Relations with radical colleagues and opponents

Having been active in his earlier phase of political life in a conservative party in an area of the Uruguayan interior ( Cerro Largo) not known for an overtly radical political culture, Nin Novoa later served in government alongside former

Tupamaro The Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement ( es, Movimiento de Liberación Nacional – Tupamaros, MLN-T), widely known as Tupamaros, was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group in Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s. The MLN-T is inextric ...

radicals, the outlook and priorities of whom are said to differ significantly. Indeed, given his background, Nin Novoa has had to accommodate himself to being sometimes referred to as 'Comrade Nin Novoa', e.g., by Socialist Party spokesmen. Spanish: 'el compañero Nin Novoa' It would be fair to say, also, in the scheme of political associations and rivalries, that Nin Novoa's strongest critics would be numbered among his own political colleagues such as Juan Domínguez, rather than among members of the political opposition to the ruling ''Frente Amplio'' government.

Foreign Minister of Uruguay

Nin Novoa became Foreign Minister of Uruguay in March 2015, at the beginning of the second term of office of

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