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
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 ...
.
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
National Party National Party or Nationalist Party may refer to:
Active parties
* National Party of Australia, commonly known as ''The Nationals''
* Bangladesh:
** Bangladesh Nationalist Party
** Jatiya Party (Ershad) a.k.a. ''National Party (Ershad)''
* Californ ...
, 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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