Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
Nativename:Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
Type:Ministry
Jurisdiction:Government of Uruguay
Headquarters:Montevideo
Minister1 Name:Fernando Mattos Costa
Website:Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries

The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca) of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on agricultural, livestock and fishery resources. The ministry is also responsible for the permanent development of the agricultural, agroindustrial and fisheries sectors, promoting their insertion in both regional and extra-regional external markets, based on the management and sustainable use of natural resources.[1]

This government department is headquartered in Constituyente Road in Barrio Cordón, Montevideo. The current Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries is Fernando Mattos Costa, who has held the position since June 27, 2021.[2]

Creation

On March 19, 1935, after the dissolution of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industries and Labor and the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture were created through the approval of Law No. 9,463. On July 11, 1974, its name was modified to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.[3] It is not until April 1986 that it received the current name.[4]

List of ministers

See main article: List of ministers of livestock, agriculture, and fisheries (Uruguay).

MinisterPartyPeriod
Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture
Arturo González VidartNational Independent Party1943–1945
Gustavo GallinalNational Independent Party1946
Aquiles EspalterColorado Party1947
Luis Alberto BrauseColorado Party1948–1949
Carlos L. FischerColorado Party1950
Luis Alberto BrauseColorado Party1951
Juan T. QuiliciColorado Party1952–1954
Ramón F. BadoColorado Party1955
Amílcar VasconcellosColorado Party1955–1957
Joaquín AparicioColorado Party1957–1959
Carlos V. Puig1959–1963
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate1963–1967
Manuel Flores MoraColorado Party1967–1968
Carlos Frick DavieColorado Party1968–1969
Jaime MontanerColorado Party1969
Juan María BordaberryColorado Party1969–1972
Héctor Viana MartorellColorado Party1972
Benito Medero1972–1974
Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing
Héctor Alburquerque¹Without known affiliation1974–1975
Julio Eduardo Aznárez¹Without known affiliation1975–1976
Luis Heriberto Meyer¹Without known affiliation1976–1977
Estanislao Valdés Otero¹1977–1978
Luis Heriberto Meyer¹Without known affiliation1978
Jorge León Otero¹Without known affiliation1978–1979
Juan Cassou¹Without known affiliation1979–1981
Félix Zubillaga¹Without known affiliation1981
Francisco Tourreilles¹Without known affiliation1981
Carlos Mattos Moglia¹Without known affiliation1981–1985
Roberto Vázquez PlateroColorado Party1985–1986
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fishing
Pedro Bonino GarmendiaColorado Party1986–1990
Álvaro Ramos Trigo1990–1993
Pedro Saravia Fratti1993–1994
Gonzalo Cibils1994–1995
Carlos GasparriColorado Party1995–1998
Sergio ChiesaColorado Party1998–1999
Ignacio Zorrilla de San MartínColorado Party1999
Luis BrezzoColorado Party1999–2000
Juan NotaroColorado Party2000
Gonzalo González Fernández2000–2003
Martín AguirrezabalaColorado Party2003–2005
José Mujica2005–2008
Ernesto Agazzi2008-2009
Andrés Berterreche2009–2010
Tabaré Aguerre2010–2018
Enzo Benech2018–2020
Carlos María Uriarte2020–2021
Fernando Mattos CostaColorado Party2021–Incumbent
Source
¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973–1985).

See also

References

  1. Web site: Cometidos.
  2. Web site: ElPais. Quién es Fernando Mattos, designado como nuevo ministro de Ganadería. 2021-08-08. Diario EL PAIS Uruguay. spanish.
  3. Web site: Ley 14.218. https://web.archive.org/web/20070917043703/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=14218&Anchor=. dead. 2007-09-17. 2020-03-05.
  4. Web site: Ley 15.809. https://web.archive.org/web/20070429061348/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=15809&Anchor=. dead. 2007-04-29. 2020-03-05.