2025 in Uruguay

See also: 2025 in South America

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See also:	Other events of 2025 Timeline of Uruguayan history

Events in the year 2025 in Uruguay .

Incumbents

• President: Luis Lacalle Pou (until 1 March) - Yamandú Orsi (starting 1 March)
• Vice President: Beatriz Argimón (until 1 March) - Carolina Cosse (starting 1 March)

Events

• 1 March – Yamandú Orsi is inaugurated as President. ^[1]
• 23 June – A polar front originating from Antarctica hits Uruguay, causing seven deaths and prompting the declaration of a state of emergency. ^[2]

Elections

• 12 May – 2025 Uruguayan municipal elections ^[3]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Uruguay

Deaths

• 4 January: Mathías Acuña, 32, footballer (Lamia), ^[4]
• 10 January: Nelson Silva Pacheco, 80, Uruguayan-born Colombian footballer (Sportivo Italiano, Tigre, Colombia national team). ^[5]
• 13 May: José Mujica, 89, revolutionary and politician, president (2010–2015), minister of livestock (2005–2008), and four-time MP. ^[6]
• 22 May: Hugo Fernández Faingold, 78, vice president (1998–2000). ^[7]

References

1. "Uruguay's new leftist president takes office, facing a financial balancing act". AP News . 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
2. "A rare cold snap stuns Uruguay, hitting the homeless hard and causing 7 deaths". AP News . 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
3. "Lacalle Pou le pidió a los intendentes blancos que analicen la idea de coaliciones departamentales para 2025". El Observador . 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
4. "Tragedy in Ecuador: Mathias Acuña Found Dead in Hotel in Ecuador". Footboom1. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
5. Quintero, Por Santiago Cifuentes (2025-01-10). "Falleció Nelson Silva Pacheco, ídolo del Junior y figura clave del subcampeonato de Colombia en la Copa América". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-10.
6. "Uruguay's José Mujica, world's 'poorest president', dies". BBC. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
7. "Falleció Hugo Fernández Faingold, exvicepresidente de la República, a los 78 años". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-22.

External links

• Online calendar