Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries

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Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
Ministry overview
Formed19 March 1935 (1935-03-19)
JurisdictionUruguay
HeadquartersMontevideo
Minister responsible
Parent departmentGovernment of Uruguay
WebsiteLivestock, 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
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[]

  1. ^ https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ganaderia-agricultura-pesca/institucional/cometidos. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ ElPais. "Quién es Fernando Mattos, designado como nuevo ministro de Ganadería". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ "Ley 14.218". Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  4. ^ "Ley 15.809". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
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