José Amorín Batlle

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amorín and the second or maternal family name is Batlle.
José Gerardo Amorín Batlle
Amorin Batlle in 2019.
Minister of Education and Culture
In office
5 October 2004 – 1 March 2005
PresidentJorge Batlle[1]
Preceded byLeonardo Guzmán
Succeeded byJorge Brovetto
Representative at the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 March 2005 – 15 February 2010
ConstituencyMontevideo
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 February 2010
Personal details
Born (1954-11-09) 9 November 1954 (age 70)[2]
Montevideo, Uruguay[3]
Political partyColorado Party
Other political
affiliations		List 15, Batllist Proposal (Proba)[2]
SpouseElita del Campo Rivas[3]
ChildrenThree[3]
Parent(s)Julio Amorín Larrañaga and Susana Batlle[2]
Residence(s)Montevideo, Uruguay
Alma materUniversity of the Republic

José Gerardo Amorín Batlle (born 9 November 1954 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the Colorado Party. He currently serves as president of the State Insurance Bank since 2020. He previously served as Senator of the Republic from 2010 to 2019, as National Representative from 2000 to 2010 and as Minister of Education and Culture from 2004 to 2005.[4]

Early life and education

Amorín Batlle was born in Montevideo on November 9, 1954, the son of Julio Amorín Larrañaga and Susana Batlle Iribarne.[5] Raised in a political family, his father served as a minister of labour and social welfare in the first months of Juan María Bordaberry's presidency, and his uncle was Ernesto Amorín Larrañaga, a National Party politician.[6] His mother was the cousin of Jorge Batlle, president from 2000 to 2005.[2]

He attended The British Schools of Montevideo and graduated from the University of the Republic with a law degree.[7] While completing his studies, he joined the civil service, as an official at the National Colonization Institute, and in the legal division of Work University of Uruguay.[8]

From 1986 to 1987 he served as Legal Secretary of the Board of the National Port Administration (ANP), between 1991 and 1995 as advisor to the then president of the National Administration of Power Plants and Electrical Transmissions Mario Reibakas and in 1996 as legal advisor to the management of the Banco de Previsión Social.[9] That year he stopped being a civil servant to become main partner of the Amorín-Larrañaga law firm.[9]

Political career

Coming from a political family, he has been a member of the List 15 faction of the Colorado Party since he was young.[10] He participated in the campaign for the "No" option in the 1980 constitutional referendum.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Palabras del Secretario de la Presidencia, Raúl Lago, en la asunción de José Amorín Batlle, como Ministro de Educación y Cultura" (Press release). Secretaría de Prensa y Difusión, Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Candidatos a las internas de 2014". Perfiles (in Spanish). La Diaria. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Amorín Batlle, José". Legisladores (in Spanish). Colorado Party. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  4. ^ "José Gerardo Amorín Batlle" (in Spanish). Elecciones Uruguay. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Entierran sus restos en el cementerio Central - Montevideo Portal". www.montevideo.com.uy. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  6. ^ "Perfiles | la diaria | Uruguay". 2022-05-23. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  7. ^ GALERÍA, Revista. "110 años de The British Schools". GALERÍA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  8. ^ Colorado, Partido (2016-04-24). "José Amorín Batlle". Partido Colorado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  9. ^ a b "¿Qué experiencia laboral tienen los precandidatos?". Carve850 | Escucha todo el País (in Spanish). 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  10. ^ diaria, la (2019-03-13). "Lista 15 acusó a Cifra de "agresión política desembozada"". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  11. ^ "José Amorín Batlle: un militante inagotable que no le teme a trabajar para el país como un ciudadano más | La Mañana" (in Spanish). 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2023-12-07.

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