Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
{{Short description|Government ministry of Uruguay}}
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The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries ({{langx|es|Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca}}) 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-ganaderia-agricultura-pesca/institucional/cometidos|title=Cometidos|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}
This government department is headquartered in Constituyente Road in the Cordón neighbourhood, Montevideo.
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=14218&Anchor=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917043703/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=14218&Anchor=|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-17|title=Ley 14.218|access-date=2020-03-05}} It is not until April 1986 that it received the current name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=15809&Anchor=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429061348/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=15809&Anchor=|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-04-29|title=Ley 15.809|access-date=2020-03-05}}
List of ministers
{{main|List of ministers of livestock, agriculture, and fisheries (Uruguay)}}
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!Minister !Party !Period |
| colspan="3" |Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture |
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| Arturo González Vidart
|1943–1945 |
| Gustavo Gallinal
|1946 |
| Aquiles Espalter
|1947 |
| Luis Alberto Brause
|1948–1949 |
| Carlos L. Fischer
|1950 |
| Luis Alberto Brause
|1951 |
| Juan T. Quilici
|1952–1954 |
| Ramón F. Bado
|1955 |
| Amílcar Vasconcellos
|1955–1957 |
| Joaquín Aparicio
|1957–1959 |
| Carlos V. Puig
|1959–1963 |
| Wilson Ferreira Aldunate
|1963–1967 |
| Manuel Flores Mora
|1967–1968 |
| Carlos Frick Davie
|1968–1969 |
| Jaime Montaner
|1969 |
| Juan María Bordaberry
|1969–1972 |
| Héctor Viana Martorell
|1972 |
| Benito Medero
|1972–1974 |
| colspan="3" |Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing |
| Héctor Alburquerque¹
|Without known affiliation |1974–1975 |
| Julio Eduardo Aznárez¹
|Without known affiliation |1975–1976 |
| Luis Heriberto Meyer¹
|Without known affiliation |1976–1977 |
| Estanislao Valdés Otero¹
|1977–1978 |
| Luis Heriberto Meyer¹
|Without known affiliation |1978 |
| Jorge León Otero¹
|Without known affiliation |1978–1979 |
| Juan Cassou¹
|Without known affiliation |1979–1981 |
| Félix Zubillaga¹
|Without known affiliation |1981 |
| Francisco Tourreilles¹
|Without known affiliation |1981 |
| Carlos Mattos Moglia¹
|Without known affiliation |1981–1985 |
| Roberto Vázquez Platero
|1985–1986 |
| colspan="3" |Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fishing |
| Pedro Bonino Garmendia
|1986–1990 |
| Álvaro Ramos Trigo
|1990–1993 |
| Pedro Saravia Fratti
|1993–1994 |
| Gonzalo Cibils
|1994–1995 |
| Carlos Gasparri
|1995–1998 |
| Sergio Chiesa
|1998–1999 |
| Ignacio Zorrilla de San Martín
|1999 |
| Luis Brezzo
|1999–2000 |
| Juan Notaro
|2000 |
| Gonzalo González Fernández
|2000–2003 |
| Martín Aguirrezabala
|2003–2005 |
| José Mujica
|2005–2008 |
| Ernesto Agazzi
|2008-2009 |
| Andrés Berterreche
|2009–2010 |
| Tabaré Aguerre
|2010–2018 |
| Enzo Benech
|2018–2020 |
| Carlos María Uriarte
|2020–2021 |
| Fernando Mattos Costa
|2021–2025 |
| Alfredo Fratti
|2025–Incumbent |
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¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973–1985).