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 | Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi 31 July 1952 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | 19 February 2017 (aged 64) Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Political party | Colorado |
| Alma mater | University of the Republic |
| Profession | lawyer |
Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi (31 July 1952 in Montevideo – 19 February 2017 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.
He was Minister of Economics and Finance during the most difficult period in Jorge Batlle's presidency, the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis,[2] with 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]
Bibliography
- Paolillo, Claudio (2004). Con los días contados. Editorial Fin de Siglo. p. 430. ISBN 9789974493209.
References
- ↑ "List of Uruguayan government ministers". Rulers.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Atchugarry and the crisis (in Spanish)
- ↑ Atchugarry, ten years after the crisis Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Falleció Alejandro Atchugarry, artífice de la salida de la crisis del 2002 Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
See also
- South American economic crisis of 2002
- 1998–2002 Argentine great depression
- 2002 Uruguay banking crisis
- Latin American debt crisis
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