Tabaré Hackenbruch
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Tabaré Hackenbruch (born 26 November 1928 in 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 po ...
for President. He also worked in the newspaper ''Acción'' alongside
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. Hackenbruch was elected Mayor of
Canelones Department The Departamento de Canelones (; ) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by ...
for three terms: 1985-1990, 1995-2000 and 2000-2005; in the 2000 election, he had the support of several politicians from the
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, 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.


References

1928 births 2017 deaths Intendants of Canelones Department Uruguayan people of German descent Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians People from Canelones, Uruguay {{Uruguay-politician-stub