Tabaré Hackenbruch (born 26 November 1928
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Canelones-ib. 19 June 2017) was an Uruguayan politician.
Biography
A member of the
Colorado Party, he started his long political career supporting the successful candidacy of
Tomás Berreta
Tomás Berreta Gandolfo (November 22, 1875 – August 2, 1947) was the President of Uruguay for five months in 1947.
Background
Having been an activist in the Uruguayan Colorado Party since 1896, for a number of years he was active in local p ...
for President.
He also worked in the newspaper ''Acción'' alongside
Julio María Sanguinetti.
Hackenbruch was elected Mayor of
Canelones Department for three terms: 1985-1990, 1995-2000 and 2000-2005; in the 2000 election, he had the support of several politicians from the
National Party, with the manifest intention of avoiding a victory of the
Broad Front.
In the end he had very low approval ratings and a lot of irregularities were reported.
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References
1928 births
2017 deaths
Intendants of Canelones Department
Uruguayan people of German descent
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
People from Canelones, Uruguay
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