Pedro Bordaberry#Rugby

Bordaberry was born on 28 April 1960 in the capital city of Montevideo, the fourth child of Juan María Bordaberry and his wife, Josefina Herrán Puig.{{Cite web |title=Uruguayan ex-dictator Bordaberry dies, aged 83 |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/Uruguayan-ex-dictator-Bordaberry-dies-aged-83.376315 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=Times of Malta |date=19 July 2011 |language=en-gb}} Bordaberry comes from a family heavily involved in politics; his father, who was of Basque descent,{{Cite web |title=Bordaberry Herrán, Juan Pedro - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/bordaberry-herran-juan-pedro/ar-50472/ |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus |language=es}} was elected president in 1971 and, in 1973, led a self-coup d'état, dissolving the General Assembly and initiated the civil-military dictatorship.{{Cite web |title=Disolución de las Cámaras en Uruguay {{!}} Uruguay Educa |url=https://uruguayeduca.anep.edu.uy/efemerides/511 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=uruguayeduca.anep.edu.uy}} His great-grandfather, Domingo Bordaberry, served as a senator and rancher. His great-grandfather, Santiago Bordaberry (born Jaques Bordaberry) was an immigrant from the French Basque Country who arrived in Uruguay in the second half of the 19th century.{{Cite web |date=30 September 2020 |title=El Paraíso S.G. - Historia |url=https://www.elparaiso.com.uy/historia |access-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930151510/https://www.elparaiso.com.uy/historia |archive-date=30 September 2020 }}

His great-great-grandfather and great-great-aunt Alejo Gregorio and Amalia Victoria Arocena Artagaveytia (the latter of whom was the paternal grandmother of Alberto Zumarán) were nephews of business magnate Ramón F. Artagaveytia Gómez, one of the three Uruguayans who lost their lives during the sinking of the Titanic, and double cousins and second uncles to Emilia Nicanora Artagaveytia Arocena, paternal grandmother of the former National Party senator, Francisco Gallinal.{{Cite web |title=Genealogía de Juan Maria BORDABERRY |url=https://es.geneastar.org/genealogia/bordaberryj/juan-maria-bordaberry |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=Geneanet |language=es}}

Bordaberry attended primary school at St. Andrews School, and secondary school at The British Schools and John XXIII Institute.{{Cite web |title=DESIGNAN NUEVOS MINISTROS: El Presidente Jorge Batlle designó los nuevos ministros que ocuparán las vacantes de los secretarios de estado renunciantes, procediendo en las próximas horas a enviar el mensaje al Poder Legislativo. |url=http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/noticias/archivo/2002/noviembre/2002111101.htm}} He enrolled at the University of the Republic, from which he graduated in 1986 with a law degree.{{Cite web |last1=www.boskejo.com |first1=Geoffrey William Deakin- |last2=www.boskejo.com |first2=Geoffrey William Deakin- |title=Club Uruguayo Británico |url=http://cub.com.uy/pages/4novedades2014/almuerzo201407.php |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=cub.com.uy |language=es}} As a lawyer, he worked mainly in the financial sector. Up until 1 April 2009, Bordaberry was a partner for the Jiménez de Aréchaga, Viana & Brause law firm (now a part of Dentons), a stake that he sold to dedicate himself entirely to his political activity. He also served as a professor for the University of the Republic from 1986 until 1991 and for the Universidad ORT Uruguay from 1995 until 2000.{{cite web|access-date=13 August 2010|archive-date=3 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803145057/http://www.elpais.com.uy/especial/elecciones/bordaberry-dejo-su-estudio-juridico/2009/pcolorado-409042|date=14 April 2008|publisher=El País|title=Bordaberry dejó su estudio jurídico|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/especial/elecciones/bordaberry-dejo-su-estudio-juridico/2009/pcolorado-409042}}

Bordaberry began his career in public service as National Director of Industrial Property, reporting to the Minister of Industry and Energy from 1992 to 1994. In 2000 he was appointed Undersecretary of Tourism by President Jorge Batlle and served as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2003 to 2005. In the 2005 municipal elections, he was a candidate for Intendant of Montevideo, obtaining 26% of the vote, compared to 56% for the Broad Front candidate, Ricardo Ehrlich.

Sometime after his defeat in the municipal elections, Bordaberry left the Lista 15 faction, and in 2007 he founded the Vamos Uruguay faction.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2009 |title=La historia de Pedro |url=https://www.lr21.com.uy/politica/370785-la-historia-de-pedro |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=LARED21 |language=es}}

In 2009, Bordaberry was selected as the Colorado Party's candidate for the presidential election.{{cite web|url=http://www.teledoce.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6266&Itemid=40 |title=Portal de noticias |publisher=Teledoce.com |date= |accessdate=3 December 2013}}

On 21 March 2009, Bordaberry was formally accepted as presidential candidate for Vamos Uruguay at a ceremony in a stadium in Montevideo attended by an estimated 7,000 supporters.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5y9UNPq0cw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525051217/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5y9UNPq0cw |archive-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead|title=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=3 December 2013}} In June 2009, Bordaberry paused his work for the legal practice at which he had been active to focus on the presidential campaign.[http://www.elpais.com.uy/especial/elecciones/bordaberry-dejo-su-estudio-juridico/2009/pcolorado-409042] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628032522/http://www.elpais.com.uy/especial/elecciones/bordaberry-dejo-su-estudio-juridico/2009/pcolorado-409042|date=28 June 2009}}

In June 2009, Bordaberry was publicly criticised by Colorado Party colleague Luis Antonio Hierro López, a previous ministerial colleague also running for president, due to his surname.{{cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.com.uy/politica/368950-para-bordaberry-luis-antonio-hierro-esta-perdiendo-la-linea |title=Para Bordaberry, "Luis Antonio (Hierro) está perdiendo la línea" - LR21.com.uy |publisher=Larepublica.com.uy |date= 16 June 2009|accessdate=3 December 2013}} In a muted response, Bordaberry noted that Hierro had previously campaigned for Bordaberry as colleagues in government, and had previously been silent about Bordaberry's family background.

In the presidential vote on 26 October, Bordaberry won 17%, finishing behind the National Party and Broad Front candidates, but increasing the Colorado Party's share of the vote. He endorsed Luis Alberto Lacalle for the second round run-off vote that took place at the end of November 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/mujica_leads_lacalle_in_uruguayan_run_off/ |title=Mujica Leads Lacalle in Uruguayan Run-Off | Angus Reid Global |publisher=Angus-reid.com |date=1 November 2009 |accessdate=3 December 2013 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120720213326/http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/mujica_leads_lacalle_in_uruguayan_run_off/ |archivedate=20 July 2012 }}

On 9 November 2013, Bordaberry officially launched his presidential campaign for the 2014 presidential primaries.{{Cite web |title=Bordaberry prepara lanzamiento de campaña |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Bordaberry-prepara-lanzamiento-de-campana-uc214047 |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}} He hired campaign advisers who had worked for Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.{{cite web |date=28 August 2013 |title=Bordaberry with advisors of Clinton and Obama |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/asesores-clinton-obama-trabajaran-bordaberry.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828090448/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/asesores-clinton-obama-trabajaran-bordaberry.html |archivedate=28 August 2013 |publisher=EL PAIS}}

On 1 June 2014, he prevailed in the Colorado Party primary election with 73.62% of the votes, against Senator José Amorín Batlle and former Senator Manuel Flores Silva.{{Cite web |date=2 June 2014 |title=Luis Lacalle Pou venció a Larrañaga y rompió con todos los pronósticos {{!}} Noticias Uruguay y el Mundo actualizadas - Diario EL PAIS Uruguay |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/luis-lacalle-pou-vencio-internas.html |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602111103/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/luis-lacalle-pou-vencio-internas.html |archive-date=2 June 2014 }}{{cite web |date=2 June 2014 |title=Victory of Bordaberry in the Uruguayan primaries |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/luis-lacalle-pou-vencio-internas.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602111103/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/luis-lacalle-pou-vencio-internas.html |archivedate=2 June 2014 |publisher=EL PAIS |language=es}} In the general election of October, he was in third place with 12.89%, behind Tabaré Vázquez and Luis Lacalle Pou; however, he was re-elected to the Senate.{{Cite web |date=7 December 2016 |title= Corte Electoral|url=http://www.corteelectoral.gub.uy/nacionales2014/proclamacion/ACTA_N_9413_SENADORES_2015_2020.pdf |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207020909/http://www.corteelectoral.gub.uy/nacionales2014/proclamacion/ACTA_N_9413_SENADORES_2015_2020.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2016 }}

Bordaberry was elected to the Uruguayan Senate in 2009. In early 2010 Bordaberry called for the establishment of a new university in the interior city of Durazno, with a view to assisting disadvantaged potential students.{{cite web |date=6 April 2010 |title=Vamos Uruguay propone crear otra universidad pública |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTWQx8qx0jw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/vTWQx8qx0jw |archive-date=14 December 2021 |accessdate=3 December 2013 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

In 2017 Bordaberry said he would not run again for president or senator in 2019.{{cite web |date=20 April 2017 |title=Bordaberry se bajó |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/bordaberry-sera-candidato.html |website=EL PAIS |language=es}} After the 2019 presidential primaries in which Ernesto Talvi was confirmed as the presidential candidate of the Colorado Party, and in which the newly created Open Cabildo party obtained a high percentage of right-wing votes, several politicians and the media began to speculate on a possible new candidacy of Bordaberry for the Senate, to avoid a drain of Colorado votes in the general election.{{Cite web |title=Talvi se enfoca en octubre mientras el mapa electoral colorado espera por Bordaberry |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/talvi-se-enfoca-en-octubre-mientras-el-mapa-electoral-colorado-espera-por-bordaberry-2019722193923 |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=El Observador}} However, he withdrew after much opposition from party authorities.{{cite web |date=30 June 2019 |title=Finalmente, Bordaberry no se postulará para el período que viene porque Talvi y Sanguinetti no se mostraron afines |url=https://ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2019/7/segun-diputada-colorada-si-bordaberry-se-postulaba-al-senado-iba-a-tener-una-excelente-votacion-y-eso-para-algunos-era-un-inconveniente/ |website=La Diaria |language=es}}

On August 6, 2024, Bordaberry announced his return to active politics and his candidacy for the Senate as head of the Lista 10 electoral list.{{Cite web |title=Bordaberry anunció regreso con la Lista 10: "Decisión de vida" y "se necesita más diálogo" |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Bordaberry-anuncio-regreso-con-la-Lista-10--Decision-de-vida-y-se-necesita-mas-dialogo--uc896312 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}} He confirmed that the Vamos Uruguay sector would cover electoral lists 29 and 2000 led by Gabriel Gurméndez and Tabaré Viera, respectively.{{Cite web |title=Pedro Bordaberry anunció su vuelta a la política: competirá encabezando lista 10 al Senado |url=https://www.telenoche.com.uy/nacionales/pedro-bordaberry-anuncio-su-vuelta-la-politica-competira-encabezando-lista-10-al-senado-n5371478 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Telenoche |language=es-PA}} In the election, Lista 10 was the most voted electoral list of the Colorado Party, and both Bordaberry and Viera were elected Senators of the Republic for the 50th Legislature (2025-2030).{{Cite web |title=Ojeda hizo crecer al Partido Colorado, quedó lejos del balotaje pero reclamó el "cogobierno" de la coalición |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nacional/ojeda-hizo-crecer-al-partido-colorado-quedo-lejos-del-balotaje-pero-reclamo-el-cogobierno-la-coalicion-n5967382 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=El Observador |language=es-UY}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-28 |title=Estos son los senadores confirmados por partido y por lista, así quedó conformada la Cámara Alta |url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/estos-son-los-senadores-confirmados-partido-y-lista-asi-quedo-conformada-la-camara-alta-n960805 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=subrayado.com.uy |language=es-UY}} As a member of the Republican Coalition, he publicly supported Álvaro Delgado Ceretta for president in the runoff of the election.{{Cite web |title=Pedro Bordaberry defendió la propuesta de Delgado a Lustemberg: "Está mirando mucho más allá de la elección del 24" |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nacional/pedro-bordaberry-defendio-la-propuesta-delgado-lustemberg-esta-mirando-mucho-mas-alla-la-eleccion-del-24-n5967938 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=El Observador |language=es-UY}}

Following the inauguration of the Obama administration in the U.S., Bordaberry said that Uruguayan business leaders seeking to export their goods to the U.S. would encounter greater protectionism from U.S. officials.[http://www.uruguaydailynews.com/news.php?viewStory=2639]{{dead link|date=December 2013}}[http://www.weforum.org/en/knowledge/Events/KN_SESS_SUMM_26931] {{dead link|date=December 2013}} In August 2009, during difficult relations with Argentina over trade issues, Bordaberry expressed strong reservations about the Mercosur trade pact, arguing that the Chilean model of pursuing bilateral trade pacts would be preferable for Uruguay.[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihY6g-y0Kd3aNTbDQqZz2x6JcdAAD99TMQFG0]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Pedro Bordaberry's decision to seek a political base in Montevideo contrasts with his father, dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry, who had a long association with rural affairs. Juan Maria Bordaberry was arrested in 2006 in connection with the 1976 assassination of two legislators, Senator Zelmar Michelini and House Leader Héctor Gutiérrez. Pedro Bordaberry has since been vocal in his support. Despite his own family history of dictatorship, Bordaberry has on several occasions accused former president José Mujica of being or striving to become a dictator.{{cite web |url=http://www.observa.com.uy/actualidad/nota.aspx?id=102987 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421211146/http://www.observa.com.uy/actualidad/nota.aspx?id=102987 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |title=Lunes de ira de Bordaberry en Twitter |publisher=Observa.com.uy |date=7 June 2011 |accessdate=3 December 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/especiales/elecciones/2009/pcolorado_450828.asp |title=Bordaberry: "No es bueno que Mujica tenga tanto poder" - Elecciones Nacionales 2009 - Diario EL PAIS - Montevideo Uruguay |publisher=Elpais.com.uy |date=14 April 2010 |accessdate=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308080135/http://www.elpais.com.uy/especiales/elecciones/2009/pcolorado_450828.asp |archivedate=8 March 2012 }}

Bordaberry sometimes participates in outdoor public meetings on horseback, or in traditional "gaucho" horseriding attire.{{cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.com.uy/publicaciones/101/20080310/images/302094_4.gif |title=Photograph |publisher=Larepublica.com.uy |accessdate=3 December 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://picasaweb.google.com/vamossalto/CarpinteriaDurazno#5250160555450547634 |title=Picasa Web Albums - Vamos Salto - Carpinteria |date=20 September 2008 |accessdate=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212215353/http://picasaweb.google.com/vamossalto/CarpinteriaDurazno#5250160555450547634 |archivedate=12 December 2013 }} He has also contributed to literary criticism of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, writing on Borges's theme of the complexity of memory.{{cite web |date=26 June 2008 |title=Esta boca es mía - Montevideo Portal |url=http://www.montevideo.com.uy/notestaboca_nbordaberry_64402_1.html |accessdate=3 December 2013 |publisher=Montevideo.com.uy}}

Bordaberry is known as a major figure in the sports of Uruguay, having played soccer for his university, basketball for Club Trouville, and rugby for the Old Boys & Old Girls Club. In 1998, Bordaberry, along with Richard Van Rompaey and Jorge Villa, was the president of the Uruguayan Rugby Union.Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}}), pp 77, 78 On 21 August 2018, FIFA appointed a "normalisation committee" for the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF). Bordaberry was put in charge, alongside politician Armando Castaingdebat, and former professional association football player Andrés Scotti.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2018/m=8/news=situation-of-the-uruguayan-football-association.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830120059/https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2018/m=8/news=situation-of-the-uruguayan-football-association.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2018 |title=FIFA appoints normalisation committee for the AUF |date=29 August 2018 |website=FIFA.com}}

He married psychologist and psychotherapist María José Oribe in 1985. The couple have three children: Pedro, Agustín, and Matías.{{Cite web |title=María José Oribe, esposa de Pedro Bordaberry |url=https://www.teledoce.com/telemundo/elecciones/maria-jose-oribe-esposa-de-pedro-bordaberry/ |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=Teledoce.com |date=24 October 2014 |language=es}} On 15 March 2020, Bordaberry announced that he had contacted COVID-19, making him one of the first people in Uruguay to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the author of a number of publications, including his books The Principle of Irretroactivity of the Rules in the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Justice (1991), Ten Years of Seven (1998), Stories from Pueblo Faro by José Ignacio (1999) and Let Them Deny Me (2006).{{cite web|date=20 August 2020|title=Bordaberry reaparece en campaña, habla con ministros, y colorados le abren puerta|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/bordaberry-reaparece-en-campana-habla-con-ministros-y-colorados-le-abren-puerta-202081918570|website=El Observador}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212215353/http://picasaweb.google.com/vamossalto/CarpinteriaDurazno#5250166985175317330 Photograph of Pedro Bordaberry's motorcade, Carpinteria, Durazno, 20 September 2008]

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