Álvaro Delgado (politician) explained

Álvaro Delgado
Office3:National Representative of Uruguay
for Montevideo
Party:National Party
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Birth Date:11 March 1969
Birth Name:Álvaro Luis Delgado Ceretta
Term End3:15 February 2015
Term Start3:15 February 2005
Term End2:1 March 2020
Term Start2:15 February 2015
Office2:Senator of the Republic
Successor:Rodrigo Ferrés
Predecessor:Miguel Toma
President:Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Term End:21 December 2023
Term Start:1 March 2020
Office:Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay
Alma Mater:University of the Republic

Álvaro Luis Delgado Ceretta (born 11 March 1969) is a Uruguayan veterinarian and politician of the National Party (PN), who served as the 18th Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic from 2020 to 2023. He also previously served as National Representative from 2005 to 2015, as well as Senator from 2015 to 2020. He is a candidate for president of Uruguay in the 2024 general election.[1]

Born in Montevideo and graduated from the University of the Republic in 1995 with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary and Veterinary Technology, Delgado has a postgraduate degree in Agroindustrial Management in the School of Management and International Studies of the ORT University of Uruguay. After graduating he started working as a rural producer and was a veterinary advisor in agricultural establishments.[2]

Early life and education

Delgado was born in Montevideo on 11 March 1969 as the son of Omar Delgado, an accountant, and Celeste Ceretta.[3] On his paternal side, he is of Spanish descent, tracing his ancestry to the Canary Islands, whereas on his mother's side, he is of Italian descent through Venetian immigrants who arrived in Uruguay at the end of the 19th century and settled in the Paysandú Department.[4] Delgado, along with his younger sister, Adriana, was raised in the neighborhoods of Pocitos and Prado and attended the Sacred Heart School and the John XXIII Institute.

In 1987, Delgado enrolled at the University of the Republic, graduating in 1995 with a degree in veterinary medicine. During his academic career, he was a member of the academic senate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, for the University Guild Current (CGU).[5] In 1997, he obtained a diploma in agroindustrial management from the ORT University of Uruguay.[6] Before entering a career in politics, Delgado worked as a rural producer and veterinary advisor in agricultural establishments.[7]

Political career

Delgado served as secretary to Senator Juan Carlos Raffo after joining his Senate campaign in 1989. In 1994 he was appointed secretary of the parliamentary nationalist caucus. In 1999, at the age of 29, he was appointed General Inspector of Labour, a position he held until December 2004.[8]

In the 2004 general election, Delgado was elected National Representative for Montevideo Department for the 46th Legislature (2005–2010), as part of the Wilsonist Current. In 2008, Delgado left the Wilsonist Current and declared himself independent within the party.[9] [10] In June he endorsed Carmelo Vidalín for the presidential primaries, however, he withdrew his candidacy.[11] Delgado later joined the new political group Aire Fresco – Lista 404 along with Luis Lacalle Pou.[12]

In the 2009 general election, Delgado was re-elected National Representative to the 47th Legislature (2010–2015). During his terms in the Chamber of Representatives, he chaired the Energy and Mining Industry Commission (2006, 2011, 2012, and 2013). He was elected Senator of the Republic for the first time in the 2014 election.[13] During his tenure in the Senate, he filed a complaint of various "irregular" events in the management of the state-owned company ANCAP between 2005 and 2015,[14] invoking a parliamentary investigative commission.[15] [16] In 2016, he was part of the group of opposition senators who filed criminal complaints about the economic and financial situation of the company.[17]

In the 2019 general election, he was the second-listed candidate to the Senate of the Aire Fresco ballot, which was the most voted in the entire National Party. In December, the then president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou appointed him Secretary of the Presidency.[18] In February 2020, he assumed his senatorial seat, but resigned from it on March 1, when he took office as Secretary of the Presidency, succeeding Miguel Toma.[19]

2024 presidential campaign

Álvaro Delgado began to be seen as a contender for the 2024 National Party presidential primaries since mid-2021.[20] On November 18, 2023, he formally announced his candidacy for the Aire Fresco – Lista 404 sector of the party.[21] On December 9 during the National Party Convention he announced that he would resign as head of the Presidential Secretariat on the 21st.[22]

In late November 2023, he was polling at about 52% in the National primary opinion polls.[23] On December 21, 2023, he resigned from the position of Secretary of the Presidency to carry out his presidential campaign, which was officially launched on March 16, 2024, at a rally held at the Palacio Peñarol in Montevideo.[24] [25]

Personal life

Delgado met Leticia Lateulade while he was attending university in 1991, and they married in 1997.[26] Together, they have three children: Agustina, Felipe, and Pilar.[27]

References

  1. Web site: Ferreira . Gonzalo . 27 November 2020 . Ahora sí, empezó la campaña al 2024 . El Observador.
  2. Web site: 2023-01-12 . Entrevista a Delgado: de veterinario a político y cómo decidió ser blanco siendo hijo de un colorado . 2023-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230112081457/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/delgado-como-decidio-ser-blanco-siendo-hijo-de-un-colorado-202311114580 . 2023-01-12 .
  3. Web site: La vida de Álvaro Delgado, su cautivación con la mística Wilsonista y los balances de la política . 2023-05-27 . El Espectador 810 . es-UY.
  4. Web site: 2020-04-05 . ¿Quién es Delgado, el fiel escudero de Lacalle Pou y su voz en la crisis por el coronavirus? . 2023-05-27 . EL PAIS . en.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-21 . Álvaro Delgado: "Si yo criticaba que el Frente Amplio no nos recibía siendo oposición, no voy a hacer lo mismo siendo gobierno" La Mañana . 2023-05-27 . es.
  6. Web site: 2019-11-19 . "Lacalle no se hace cargo": Senador Álvaro Delgado sí habría recibido el campo de Colonización en 1994 . 2023-05-27 . LARED21 . es.
  7. Web site: 2023-07-01. 2023-01-12. Entrevista a Delgado: de veterinario a político y cómo decidió ser blanco siendo hijo de un colorado. https://web.archive.org/web/20230112081457/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/delgado-como-decidio-ser-blanco-siendo-hijo-de-un-colorado-202311114580 . 2023-01-12 .
  8. Web site: Se acepta la renuncia de Álvaro Delgado Ceretta - Presidencia de la República . 2023-05-28 . archivo.presidencia.gub.uy.
  9. Web site: 2008-04-24 . Delgado abandona Correntada Wilsonista . 2023-05-27 . EL PAIS . en.
  10. Web site: EL DIPUTADO ÁLVARO DELGADO NO ENTREGARÁ SU BANCA . 2023-05-28 . Montevideo Portal . es.
  11. Web site: 2008-12-22 . Vidalín se inclina por Lacalle . 2023-05-28 . EL PAIS . en.
  12. Web site: 2023-04-24 . Álvaro Delgado: "No soy ni seré la derecha del Partido Nacional" . 2023-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230424174743/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/alvaro-delgado-no-soy-ni-sere-la-derecha-del-partido-nacional--2023424143218 . 2023-04-24 .
  13. Web site: 2014-11-22 . Dirigentes nacionalistas realizaron en Flores fuertes críticas al gobierno del Frente Amplio - Ecos Regionales . 2023-05-28 . es.
  14. Web site: Delgado presentó denuncias sobre Ancap . 2023-05-28 . Montevideo Portal . es.
  15. Web site: A seis meses de la Comisión Investigadora de ANCAP . 2023-05-28 . canal10.com.uy . es-UY.
  16. Web site: Redacción . Partido Nacional asegura tener "pruebas" que justifican la investigadora por ANCAP . 2023-05-28 . El Observador.
  17. Web site: Redacción . Oposición presentó denuncia por ANCAP . 2023-05-28 . El Observador.
  18. Web site: 2019-12-03 . Entrevista del martes 3 de diciembre de 2019: Álvaro Delgado . 2023-05-28 . Radiomundo En Perspectiva . es.
  19. Web site: 2020-02-15 . Álvaro Delgado renuncia el 1° de marzo . 2023-05-28 . EL PAIS . en.
  20. Web site: Redacción . “Tengo un corazón Delgado”: el pronunciamiento de Vidalín sobre 2024 . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20231121030753/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/tengo-un-corazon-delgado-el-pronunciamiento-de-vidalin-sobre-2024-202298203251 . 2023-11-21 . 2023-12-13 . El Observador.
  21. Web site: 2023-11-19 . Delgado dio el "sí" para ser precandidato por el Partido Nacional buscando ser el "presidente de la unidad" . 2023-12-13 . EL PAIS . es-UY.
  22. Web site: 2023-12-09 . Delgado anunció que renuncia dentro de 12 días y opinó que hay "algo raro" en la juntada de firmas del Pit-Cnt . 2023-12-13 . EL PAIS . es-UY.
  23. Web site: Redacción . Orsi y Delgado lideran sus internas por más de 20 puntos, según encuesta de Opción . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20231207000349/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/orsi-y-delgado-lideran-sus-internas-por-mas-de-20-puntos-segun-encuesta-de-opcion--2023126201115 . 2023-12-07 . 2023-12-13 . El Observador.
  24. Web site: 2023-12-21 . Álvaro Delgado renuncia este jueves a su cargo como secretario de la Presidencia . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231221140642/https://www.subrayado.com.uy/alvaro-delgado-renuncia-este-jueves-su-cargo-como-secretario-la-presidencia-n934089 . 2023-12-21 . 2023-12-23 . subrayado.com.uy . es-UY.
  25. Web site: Tristant . Por Pedro . 2024-03-15 . Álvaro Delgado, mano derecha de Luis Lacalle Pou, lanza su campaña para presidente de Uruguay: "Ni un pasito atrás" . 2024-03-16 . infobae . es-ES.
  26. Web site: Redacción . Delgado fue con su esposa a ver a Arjona y opinó qué canción no puede faltar en el concierto . 2023-05-28 . El Observador.
  27. Web site: Redacción . La emoción de Delgado al hablar del reclamo de sus hijos por sus ausencias y sus aspiraciones para 2024 . 2023-05-28 . El Observador.

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