Danilo Astori
{{Short description|Uruguayan politician and economist (1940–2023)}}
{{family name hatnote|Astori|Saragosa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Danilo Astori
| image = Danilo Astori.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Astori in 2007
| order =
| office = 15th Vice President of Uruguay
| term_start = 1 March 2010
| term_end = 1 March 2015
| president = José Mujica
| predecessor = Rodolfo Nin Novoa
| successor = Raúl Sendic Rodríguez
| office2 = Minister of Economy and Finance
| term_start2 = 4 March 2015
| term_end2 = 1 March 2020
| president2 = Tabaré Vázquez
| predecessor2 = Mario Bergara
| successor2 = Azucena Arbeleche
| term_start3 = 1 March 2005
| term_end3 = 18 September 2008
| president3 = Tabaré Vázquez
| predecessor3 = Isaac Alfie
| successor3 = Álvaro García
| office5 = Senator of the Republic
| term_start5 = 1 March 2020
| term_end5 = 15 November 2022
| term_start6 = 15 February 1990
| term_end6 = 1 March 2005
| birth_name = Danilo Ángel Astori Saragosa
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|04|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|10|1940|04|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| party = Uruguay Assembly
| otherparty = Broad Front
| spouse = Claudia Hugo
| relations =
| children =
| alma_mater = University of the Republic
| occupation = Accountant, economist, politician
| signature = Danilo Astori Signature.svg
| website = [http://www.2121.org.uy www.2121.org.uy]
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Danilo Ángel Astori Saragosa (23 April 1940 – 10 November 2023) was a Uruguayan social democratic politician and economist who served as the 15th vice president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under President José Mujica. A member of Uruguay Assembly–Broad Front, he also served as Minister of Economy and Finance from 2005 to 2008 and from 2015 to 2020, and as Senator of the Republic from 1990 to 2005.{{cite web |title=Government Ministers of Uruguay |url=http://rulers.org/urugov.html |accessdate=6 March 2015 |publisher=rulers.org}}
Early life
Danilo Astori was born on 23 April 1940, and was raised in the capital city of Montevideo. Astori was of Italian (Lombardy-Piedmont) descent; both grandparents of his paternal and maternal side were from the towns of Como and Novi Ligure.{{cite book|date=2009|first1=Miguel Ángel|first2=Esteban|last1=Campodonico|last2=Valenti|page=15|publisher=Linardi y Risso|quote=Los cuatro abuelos de Danilo eran oriundos del norte de Italia, aunque provenían de diferentes regiones de la península vecinas entre sí. Por un lado, la línea paterna originaria de la región de Como. Por el otro, la materna proveniente de la Novi Ligure, localidad cercana a Génova.|title=Radicales y moderados: vida y pensamiento político de Danilo Astori|isbn=978-9974-675-25-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYc6AQAAIAAJ}} Astori completed his primary and secondary studies at the Liceo y Colegio Maturana in Bella Vista. In 1958, he enrolled in the Faculty of Economics of the University of the Republic, and in 1963 he graduated as a public accountant and economist. After graduating, he began working with the then deputy minister of livestock and leader of the National Party, Wilson Ferreira Aldunate.{{Cite web |title=Su dimensión de estadista* – Brecha digital |url=https://brecha.com.uy/su-dimension-de-estadista/ |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=brecha.com.uy}} In 1965, Astori took a United Nations Development and Planning course in Santiago. Two years later, he participated in a seminar on statistical indicators of agricultural development organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the government of the Soviet Union in Moscow. He returned to the University of the Republic to serve as a professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of the Republic, of which he was named dean in 1973, being the youngest person to hold the position.{{Cite web |title="Forjador de unidad" y "pilar de transformaciones": el mensaje del FA sobre Astori tras su retiro del Senado |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/forjador-de-unidad-y-pilar-de-transformaciones-el-mensaje-del-fa-sobre-astori-tras-su-retiro-del-senado-20221115174617 |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=El Observador}} Since 1983, during the civic-military dictatorship, he conducted a radio audition entitled "Análisis Económicos". He also dabbled in written journalism, participating in the weeklies Aquí and Brecha.{{Cite web |title=La hora de Danilo Astori |url=https://www.carasycaretas.com.uy/la-hora-de-danilo-astori |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=www.carasycaretas.com.uy |language=es-ES}}
Political career
At the age of 23, he began working with Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, being in charge of the Office of Agricultural Policy and Programming (OPYPA), while Ferreira Aldunate was vice minister of the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture.{{Cite web |title=El desarrollo agropecuario y agroindustrial de Uruguay: 50 años de la Oficina de Programación y Política Agropecuaria |url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ganaderia-agricultura-pesca/sites/ministerio-ganaderia-agricultura-pesca/files/documentos/publicaciones/el_desarrollo_agropecuario_y_agroindustrial_de_uruguay._reflexiones_en_el_50_aniversario_de_la_oficina_de_programacion_y_politica_agropecuaria.pdf}} The founding of OPYPA was part of the establishment of the indicative planning process in Uruguay and, among other products, generated the first National Plan for Agricultural Development.
In 1989 he ran for Vice President of the Republic, as Líber Seregni's running mate, finishing in third place with 20.35%.{{Cite web |title=Un argumento de Talvi se cae: Astori renunció un año antes al CDC |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/en-1989-nadie-cuestiono-la-candidatura-de-astori-aunque-habia-sido-decano-20197920621 |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=El Observador}} He was also in the first place of all the ballots for the Senate, being elected Senator of the Republic for the 43rd Legislature. In 1994 he founded Uruguay Assembly, a faction within the Broad Front, for which he was re-elected senator in the 1994 and 1999 elections.{{Cite web |title=27 años de Asamblea Uruguay: La utopía está viva |url=http://2121.org.uy/11-novedades/discursos-y-documentos/1341-27-anos-de-asamblea-uruguay-la-utopia-esta-viva |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=2121.org.uy |language=es-ES}} In 2005, with the inauguration of Tabaré Vázquez, the first president of the Broad Front, Astori was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance.{{Cite news |last1=Negocios |last2=Bloomberg |date=6 November 2004 |title=El 'efecto Astori' |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/11/07/negocio/1099835544_850215.html |access-date=27 November 2022 |issn=1134-6582}} On 18 September 2008, he resigned from the Cabinet post and returned to his Senate seat, which he had re-won in the 2004 election.{{Cite web |title=Diario Oficial - 23 de Setiembre de 2008 |url=https://impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2008/09/23/documentos.pdf}}
In the 2009 presidential primaries, he was a pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic but was defeated by José Mujica. However, Mujica named him his running mate, and the presidential formula won the runoff of the October general election.{{Cite news |last=Barrionuevo |first=Alexei |date=29 November 2009 |title=Leftist Wins Uruguay Presidential Vote |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/world/americas/30uruguay.html |access-date=27 November 2022 |issn=0362-4331}} In December 2014, after the election of Tabaré Vázquez again as president, Astori was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance.{{Cite web |title=ADUANAS - Asumió el Cr. Danilo Astori como Ministro de Economía y Finanzas |url=https://www.aduanas.gub.uy/innovaportal/v/13405/1/innova.front/asumio_el_cr_danilo_astori_como_ministro_de_economia_y_finanzas.html |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=www.aduanas.gub.uy}}
In 2019 Astori was elected a senator for the 49th Legislature. The presidential candidate of the Broad Front Daniel Martínez proposed him as Minister of Foreign Relations in a possible government.{{Cite web |date=7 November 2019 |title=Martínez presenta a Mujica y Astori como integrantes de su posible gabinete |url=https://www.lr21.com.uy/politica/1414684-daniel-martinez-mujica-mgap-astori-cancilleria-cuarto-gobierno-frente-amplio-balotaje-uruguay-2019 |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=LARED21 |language=es}} In November 2022, he resigned from the Senate due to health problems.{{Cite web |last=ElPais |title=Senado votó renuncia de Astori, quien recibió saludos en redes sociales |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/vivo-senado-vota-renuncia-astori-recibio-saludos-redes-sociales.html |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay |date=15 November 2022 |language=spanish}}
Policies
Astori followed a fiscal conservative policy, but allowing increases in welfare, education and health care spending. He was a supporter of trade pacts with the United States, the European Union, the People's Republic of China and India, with the Chilean "open regionalism" as a model.[http://www.wtothailand.or.th/news.php?trans_id=3464 Astori follows Chile's "open regionalism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012542/http://www.wtothailand.or.th/news.php?trans_id=3464 |date=30 September 2007 }} at [http://www.wtothailand.or.th wtothailand.or.th] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231081247/http://www.wtothailand.or.th/ |date=31 December 2006 }}
Death
In October 2023, Astori was hospitalised with a fractured hip; he subsequently died of respiratory failure on 10 November 2023, at the age of 83.{{cite web| url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/murio-danilo-astori-exvicepresidente-y-ministro-de-economia-2023111012342 | title=Murió Danilo Astori, exvicepresidente y ministro de Economia | website=El Observador | date=10 November 2023 | language=es}}
References
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External links
- [https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/legisladores/479 Danilo Astori's virtual office]
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