Carolina Ache Batlle | |
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations | |
Assumed office 1 March 2020 | |
President | Luis Lacalle Pou |
Preceded by | Ariel Bergamino |
Personal details | |
Born | Carolina Ache Batlle 19 November 1980 Montevideo,Uruguay |
Political party | Colorado Party |
Spouse(s) | Tomás Romay |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Catholic University of Uruguay University of Bologna |
Carolina Ache Batlle (born 19 November 1980) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the Colorado Party,serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations since 1 March 2020. [1]
Born into a political family in Montevideo,Ache Batlle graduated from the Catholic University of Uruguay in 2005 with a law degree. After graduating,she obtained a master's degree in International Law at the University of Bologna. Also,in 2007 she completed a technical degree in foreign trade at the Mercosur Technical Institute. [2] In 2006 she carried out a curricular internship at the European Commission in Milan, [3] and from 2008 to 2010,she worked in the Legal and Compliance Department of Banco Santander in Geneva,Switzerland. [2] She is the great-niece of former President Jorge Batlle Ibáñez. [4]
Ache first competed in the Colorado youth elections in 2007. [5] From 2015 to 2019,she was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Colorado Party and held the position of its Human Rights Prosecutor. [6] In the 2014 presidential primaries,she participated as a member of the group Vamos Adelante,founded a year earlier. [7]
In 2018,Ache was a founding member of Ciudadanos,a faction of the Colorado Party led by Ernesto Talvi. In 2019 she was reelected as a member of the National Executive Committee of her party,and in the presidential primaries of that year she was the most voted woman in her political sector. [8] For the runoff of the general election,she supported the formula of Luis Lacalle Pou-Beatriz Argimón,as a member of the Coalición Multicolor. [9]
Once Lacalle's victory was known,Ache was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations by the president-elect, [10] on December 16,2019;she would accompany Ernesto Talvi,who was appointed Minister. [11] She took office on March 1,2020, [1] becoming the second woman to hold the position,after Belela Herrera. [12] In June,Talvi announced his intention to step down as minister, [13] which was made official on July 1. [14] After much speculation,it was announced that Ambassador Francisco Bustillo would replace Talvi at the head of the Foreign Ministry. [15] Despite the change of minister,Ache was retained in office by President Lacalle Pou on July 6. [16]
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