Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca | |
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 19 March 1935 |
Jurisdiction | Uruguay |
Headquarters | Montevideo |
Minister responsible | |
Parent department | Government of Uruguay |
Website | Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries |
The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries 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 , 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 of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries[]
Minister | Party | Period |
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Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture | ||
National Independent Party | 1943–1945 | |
National Independent Party | 1946 | |
Colorado Party | 1947 | |
Colorado Party | 1948–1949 | |
Carlos L. Fischer | Colorado Party | 1950 |
Colorado Party | 1951 | |
Colorado Party | 1952–1954 | |
Colorado Party | 1955 | |
Amílcar Vasconcellos | Colorado Party | 1955–1957 |
Colorado Party | 1957–1959 | |
National Party | 1959–1963 | |
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate | National Party | 1963–1967 |
Manuel Flores Mora | Colorado Party | 1967–1968 |
Colorado Party | 1968–1969 | |
Colorado Party | 1969 | |
Juan María Bordaberry | Colorado Party | 1969–1972 |
Colorado Party | 1972 | |
Benito Medero | National Party | 1972–1974 |
Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing | ||
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1974–1975 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1975–1976 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1976–1977 |
Estanislao Valdés Otero¹ | National Party | 1977–1978 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1978 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1978–1979 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1979–1981 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1981 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1981 |
¹ | Without known affiliation | 1981–1985 |
Colorado Party | 1985–1986 | |
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fishing | ||
Colorado Party | 1986–1990 | |
Álvaro Ramos Trigo | National Party | 1990–1993 |
National Party | 1993–1994 | |
National Party | 1994–1995 | |
Colorado Party | 1995–1998 | |
Colorado Party | 1998–1999 | |
Colorado Party | 1999 | |
Luis Brezzo | Colorado Party | 1999–2000 |
Colorado Party | 2000 | |
National Party | 2000–2003 | |
Colorado Party | 2003–2005 | |
José Mujica | Broad Front | 2005–2008 |
Ernesto Agazzi | Broad Front | 2008-2009 |
Broad Front | 2009–2010 | |
Tabaré Aguerre | Broad Front | 2010–2018 |
Broad Front | 2018–2020 | |
Colorado Party | 2020–2021 | |
Colorado Party | 2021–Incumbent | |
Source | [citation needed] |
¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973–1985).
See also[]
References[]
- ^ https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ganaderia-agricultura-pesca/institucional/cometidos. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ ElPais. "Quién es Fernando Mattos, designado como nuevo ministro de Ganadería". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Ley 14.218". Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Ley 15.809". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- Agriculture in Uruguay
- Government ministries of Uruguay