Sergio Abreu (politician)
{{Short description|Uruguayan politician (born 1945)}}
{{other people|Sergio Abreu}}
{{family name hatnote|Abreu|Bonilla|lang=Spanish}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sergio Abreu
| predecessor2 = Primavera Garbarino
| profession = Lawyer
| alma_mater = University of the Republic
| party = National Party
| successor4 = Álvaro Ramos Trigo
| predecessor4 = Héctor Gros Espiell
| term_end4 = March 1, 1995
| term_start4 = January 4, 1993
| order4 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
| president2 = Jorge Batlle
| successor2 = Pedro Bordaberry
| termend2 = November 13, 2002
| birth_name = Sergio Abreu Bonilla
| termstart2 = March 1, 2000
| order2 = Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay
| termend1 = February 15, 2015
| termstart1 = February 15, 2005
| termend =
| termstart = March 1, 2020
| order = Senator of Uruguay
| image_size = 180px
| image = Sergioabreu.jpg
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|12|df=y}}
| occupation = Politician
}}
Sergio Abreu Bonilla (born 12 November 1945) is a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, politician, musician and professor of International Law of the National Party (PN).[http://www.um.edu.uy/universidad/profesores/46-sergio-abreu-bonilla/ CV of Sergio Abreu] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120629123806/http://www.um.edu.uy/universidad/profesores/46-sergio-abreu-bonilla/ |date=2012-06-29 }} {{in lang|es}} Since February 15, 2020, he has served as Senator of the Republic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/quienes-entran-quienes-camara-senadores-elecciones.html|title=Uno a uno: quiénes se quedan y quiénes entran al Senado y a la Cámara de Diputados|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|date=28 October 2019 |language=spanish|access-date=2020-03-31}}
He served as Minister of Foreign Relations (1993-1995) and as Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (2002-2002).
Biography
= Early life and education =
Son of a Paraguayan citizen who settled in Uruguay,[http://www.montevideo.com.uy/auc.aspx?127610,17,1036 Abreu family] Sergio Abreu graduated as a lawyer at the University of the Republic in 1974, and completed postgraduate courses outside the country at USC (1977), University of Texas (1980) and The Hague (1983).
= Political career =
He served as the Director of Administration and Finance of LAIA between 1979 and 1989.
In the 1989 elections, in which the National Party (headed by Luis Alberto Lacalle) won the presidency, Abreu was elected Senator of the Republic for the sector of Renovation and Victory. In January 1993, he was appointed by Lacalle as Minister of Foreign Relations, a position he held until the end of the period.
In 1999 the non herreristas party elected him to complete the presidential ticket headed by Lacalle, who had won the internal elections of April of that year.
In March 2000, the new president Jorge Batlle appointed Abreu as the Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining. He held this post until November 2002, the National Party decided to withdraw from the Cabinet. Then resigned the portfolio he held.
In the 2004 election, he cast a pre-candidacy for the Presidency; but soon after, he decides to support Jorge Larrañaga, who is elected sole candidate for the National Party, and again the Party Convention elects Sergio Abreu as candidate for the Vice-presidency. Abreu was elected senator for the Alianza Nacional sector, a seat he assumed in February 2005.
He supported Jorge Larrañaga's candidacy for the presidency of the Republic in the 2009 presidential primaries. In the general election, he ran again for the Senate, being reelected for the 48th Legislature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/politica/386071-senadores-y-diputados-electos|title=Senadores y diputados electos|date=2009-10-27|website=LARED21|language=es|access-date=2020-04-01}}
He was nominated for the 2014 presidential primaries.{{Cite web|url=http://www.primerahora.com.uy/5428-en-marzo-nuevo-sector-dignidad-nacional-de-sergio-abreu-aterrizara-en-san-jose.html|title=En marzo nuevo sector "Dignidad Nacional" de Sergio Abreu aterrizará en San José {{!}} Primera Hora|date=2014-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408220415/http://www.primerahora.com.uy/5428-en-marzo-nuevo-sector-dignidad-nacional-de-sergio-abreu-aterrizara-en-san-jose.html|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=2014-04-08}} However, on April 7, 2014, he lowered his candidacy to support Luis Lacalle Pou.{{Cite web|url=http://subrayado.com/Site/noticia/32337/sergio-abreu-se-baja-y-apoya-a-lacalle-pou-en-la-interna-blanca|title=Sergio Abreu se baja y apoya a Lacalle Pou en la interna blanca - Subrayado HD - Portal|date=2014-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408221333/http://subrayado.com/Site/noticia/32337/sergio-abreu-se-baja-y-apoya-a-lacalle-pou-en-la-interna-blanca|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=2014-04-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/politica/1167906-senador-blanco-sergio-abreu-apoyara-la-candidatura-de-luis-lacalle-pou|title=Senador blanco Sergio Abreu apoyará la candidatura de Luis Lacalle Pou|date=2014-04-07|website=LARED21|language=es|access-date=2020-04-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.republica.com.uy/para-acortar-distancias/|title=Para acortar distancia con Larrañaga, Lacalle Pou sumó el apoyo de Abreu - Diario La República|date=2014-04-08|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-04-01}}
In the 2019 general election he was reelected Senator of the Republic, for the 49th Legislature.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/asumio-nueva-legislatura-siete-partidos-deberan-negociar.html|title=Asumió la nueva legislatura donde siete partidos deberán negociar|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|date=16 February 2020 |language=spanish|access-date=2020-03-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/quienes-entran-quienes-camara-senadores-elecciones.html|title=Uno a uno: quiénes se quedan y quiénes entran al Senado y a la Cámara de Diputados|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|date=28 October 2019 |language=spanish|access-date=2020-03-31}}
= Artistic activity =
In January 2011, he released the CD Kuñakarai ("lady" in the Guaraní language) with themes of folkloric style.{{Cite web|url=http://www.freeway.com.uy/musica/1865_Canta-Sergio-Abreu/|title=Freeway {{!}} Canta Sergio Abreu|date=2011-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125174226/http://www.freeway.com.uy/musica/1865_Canta-Sergio-Abreu/|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=2011-01-25}}
External links
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