Alejandro Sánchez | |
Office: | Secretary of the Presidency Designate |
Term Start: | 1 March 2025 |
Predecessor: | Rodrigo Ferrés |
Term Start1: | October 20, 2020 |
Term End1: | 1 March 2025 |
Term Start2: | February 15, 2010 |
Term End2: | October 14, 2020 |
Birth Name: | Alejandro Sánchez Pereira |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1980 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Party: | Broad Front |
Children: | 2 |
Office1: | Senator of the Republic |
President: | Yamandú Orsi |
Predecessor1: | José Mujica |
Office2: | National Representative |
Constituency2: | Montevideo |
Alejandro Sánchez Pereira (born 24 April 1980) is a Uruguayan politician, serving as Senator of the Republic in the 49th Legislature. A member of the Movement of Popular Participation – Broad Front. He was chosen by president-elect Yamandú Orsi to serve as the 20th Secretary of the Presidency in the Orsi administration, set to begin in March 2025.[1]
Sánchez was born in Montevideo in 1980, the son of two farmers' market vendors and supporters of the Broad Front.[2] He has a younger brother, Daniel. Raised in Peñarol-Lavalleja, he attended public schools in his neighborhood.[3]