Alejandro Atchugarry
Uruguayan politician (1952–2017)
Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi (31 July 1952 – 19 February 2017) was an Uruguayan lawyer and politician.
Alejandro Atchugarry | |
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Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay | |
In office 24 July 2002 – 19 August 2003[1] | |
Preceded by | Alberto Bensión |
Succeeded by | Isaac Alfie |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 July 1952 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Died | 19 February 2017 (aged 64) Montevideo, Uruguay |
Political party | Colorado |
Alma mater | University of the Republic |
Profession | lawyer |
He served as Minister of Economics and Finance during the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis.[2] It was a widely acknowledged role in the solution of Uruguay's worst economic moment in a century.[3]
Atchugarry died of an aneurysm in Montevideo on 19 February 2017, aged 64.[4]
More reading
change- Paolillo, Claudio (2004). Con los días contados. Editorial Fin de Siglo. p. 430. ISBN 9789974493209.
References
change- ↑ "List of Uruguayan government ministers". Rulers.org. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Atchugarry and the crisis Archived 2013-12-11 at Archive.today (in Spanish)
- ↑ Atchugarry, ten years after the crisis (in Spanish)
- ↑ Falleció Alejandro Atchugarry, artífice de la salida de la crisis del 2002 (in Spanish)