Hugo Villar

{{short description|Uruguayan physician and politician}}

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| name = Hugo Villar

| image = Dr Hugo Villar.jpg

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| caption = Hugo Villar in 1988.

| birth_name = Hugo Villar Tejeiro

| birth_date =20 November 1925

| death_place =

| death_date = 15 April 2014 (88 years old)

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| nationality = {{flag|URU}} Uruguayan

| occupation = neurology, politician

| parents =

|alma_mater = University of the Republic

| children =

| spouse=

|party=Broad Front

}}

Hugo Villar Tejeiro (20 November 1925 – 15 April 2014) was a Uruguayan physician and politician. He is best known for co-founding the left-wing political party Broad Front in 1971. He was born in Montevideo.

Villar died on 15 April 2014 in Montevideo, aged 88.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/fallecio-hugo-villar-exdirector-hospital.html|title=Falleció Hugo Villar, exdirector del Clínicas y fundador del FA|author=El País|date=15 April 2014|accessdate=17 April 2014|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182823/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/fallecio-hugo-villar-exdirector-hospital.html|archivedate=16 April 2014}}

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