Pablo Iturralde Explained

Pablo Iturralde
Order2:Representative of Uruguay
for Montevideo
Termstart2:15 February 2005
Spouse:Liliana Rodríguez Beltrame
Alma Mater:University of the Republic
Children:Pablo Aparicio, Agustín Alberto, Leandro Luis, Rodrigo Diego
Party:National Party
Birth Place:Melo, Uruguay
Birth Date:23 September 1959
Predecessor:Pablo D. Abdala
Term End:23 May 2024
Term Start:11 May 2020
Order:President of the National Party
Termend2:15 February 2020

Pablo Iturralde Viñas (born 23 September 1959) is an Uruguayan politician and attorney. He served as President of the Board of the National Party from 2020 to 2024 and as National Representative from 2005 to 2020.[1]

Biography

Born in Melo, Iturralde graduated from the University of the Republic with a Law degree.

Political career

He begins his political militancy in the Movement for the Fatherland. In the 1989 elections, he heads the list 430, "The Young Whites". During Luis Alberto Lacalle's government between 1990 and 1993, he was general labor inspector and from 1993 to 1995 he was the head of the National Directorate of Labor in the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. From 1995 to 2000, he was a substitute senator for the Wilsonist Current, embodied in Juan Andrés Ramírez's 903 list.

In 2003 he joined Senator Jorge Larrañaga's sector,[2] supporting him as a pre-candidate in the 2004 presidential primaries; along with Javier García and Álvaro F. Lorenzo, they led the most voted list by Montevideo in June. Therefore, in the general election of that year, Iturralde led the list to deputies by the National Alliance sector,[3] being elected to the Chamber of Representatives and Secretary of the Honorable Directory of the National Party.

In May 2020, he was elected President of the Board of the National Party, succeeding Pablo Abdala who resigned from the post to be the head of the Institute of Children and Adolescents of Uruguay.[4] [5]

References

  1. Web site: Pablo Iturralde renunció como presidente del Directorio del Partido Nacional . 2024-05-23 . www.elobservador.com.uy . es-UY.
  2. Web site: 2003-03-14. La Lista 430 de Iturralde se incorporó a Alianza Nacional. 2020-07-04. LARED21. es.
  3. Web site: 2004-08-17. Iturralde, Etcheverry, García, Gandini y Lorenzo encabezan lista de Alianza Nacional en Montevideo. 2020-07-04. LARED21. es.
  4. Web site: El diputado Pablo Iturralde fue electo presidente del Directorio del Partido Nacional. 2020-07-04. Montevideo Portal. es.
  5. Web site: 2020-05-11. Pablo Iturralde asumió como presidente del Directorio del Partido Nacional. 2020-07-04. 970 Universal. es.