| Carlos Pita | |
| Birth Name: | Juan Carlos Pita Alvariza |
| Birth Date: | 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality: | Uruguayan |
| Occupation: | Neurology, politician and diplomat |
| Parents: | Américo Pita |
| Alma Mater: | University of the Republic |
| Children: | Libertad, Ana Laura, Patricia y Josefina |
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| Party: | National Party Broad Front |
Juan Carlos Pita Alvariza (born 1951 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan physician, politician and diplomat.
Pita graduated as a doctor from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic. At the age of 17 he started his political affiliation in the National Party supporting Wilson Ferreira Aldunate.[1] He was strongly against the civic-military dictatorship and formed the Popular Nationalistic Current during those years.
In 1984, he was elected deputy for Montevideo as part of the For the Fatherland movement.[2]
in 1987 he joined the Broad Front.
He was a representative from 1985 to 2005.
He was appointed Uruguayan ambassador to Chile. Later he was appointed as Uruguayan ambassador to Spain.[3]
In 2012 he was appointed ambassador of Uruguay to the United States.[4]
He married Alicia Magnou and had three daughters: Libertad, Ana Laura and Patricia. He was divorced and then married Mariella Mora, with whom he had a fourth daughter, Josefina.