Jorge Gandini

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Jorge Gandini
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Senator of the Republic
Assumed office
February 15, 2020
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Born
Jorge Osvaldo Gandini Astesiano

(1958-03-05) 5 March 1958 (age 66)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party National
SpouseLaura Scalabrino Muga
Children3
OccupationPolitician

Jorge Osvaldo Gandini Astesiano (born 5 May 1958) is a Uruguayan politician of the National Party, who currently serves as Senator of the Republic since 2020. He previously served as National Representative from 2005 to 2020 and as its president from 2018 to 2019.

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Early life and education

Jorge Gandini Astesiano was born on May 5, 1958, in the Aires Puros neighborhood of Montevideo, the eldest son of a newsstand and a public official, both supporters of the Colorado Party. [1] He attended School Israel and Liceo 21. [2] He studied law at the University of the Republic, however he dropped out in his fourth year. [3]

Political career

Gandini became a member of the National Party while he was studying at university during the campaign for the 1980 constitutional referendum. [3]

In the 1984 election, he was elected alternate National Representative for the 42nd Legislature. [4] From 1985 to 1987 he served as secretary of the youth wing of the National Party, and between 1985 and 1988 as secretary of the youth of the Por la Patria sector. [5]

During the Lacalle Herrera administration, he was the first director of the National Youth Institute (INJU), a position he held until 1995, and from that position he promoted the 'Youth Card' program. [5] At the same time and since 1992, he presided over the National Post Office of Uruguay. [6]

In 1994 he endorsed Alberto Volonté for president, by joining the Propuesta Nacional sector led by Álvaro Ramos Trigo. In the election that year Gandini was re-elected as National Representative, but he joined the Senate after the appointment of Ramos Trigo as foreign minister in the administration of Julio María Sanguinetti. [7]

In 2004 he joined the National Alliance and was elected National Representative. [8] For the 2009 presidential primaries he endorsed Jorge Larrañaga for president. [9] [10] Gandini's 2004-50 list was the most voted in Montevideo among those in the National Alliance sector, so he was re-elected National Representative for the 47th Legislature. [11] In June 2012 he announced that he would run for Intendant of Montevideo in the 2015 municipal elections. [12] However, in December 2014 he withdrew his candidacy for the Concertation Party (an alliance between the National and Colorado parties) because the Herrerist faction of the National Party defeated the Wilsonist in that year's election. [13] Instead, the party decided to nominate Álvaro Garcé. [14] Simultaneously, Gandini was re-elected National Representative for the 48th Legislature in the 2014 general election. [15]

In the 2019 presidential primaries Gandini supported Jorge Larrañaga for president. [16] In the general election he supported the party's candidate Luis Lacalle Pou and was elected Senator of the Republic. [17] [18] In the campaign leading up to the referendum on the Law of Urgent Consideration of 2022, Gandini was one of the main National Party politicians in defense of the law. [19]

Presidential campaign (2023–2024)

Gandini declared on several occasions since 2022 that a candidate from the Wilsonist faction of the party should run in the 2024 presidential primaries. [20] He also declared that the other potential nationalist pre-candidates Álvaro Delgado Ceretta and Laura Raffo came from the same party faction, Herrerism. [21] On October 18, 2023 he officially announced his candidacy for president, becoming the first major candidate to announce a run for the 2024 National presidential primaries. [22] [23]

In the National Party primary election on June 30, 2024, Gandini obtained 5,8 % of the vote, placing third behind Álvaro Delgado Ceretta―who was elected the party's candidate for the general election―and Laura Raffo. [24]

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  6. ↑ Redacción. "Uruguay no tiene quien reparta las cartas". El Observador. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  7. ↑ Redacción. "Álvaro Ramos, exministro de Lacalle y Sanguinetti, se suma al Partido Independiente". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  8. ↑ "Iturralde, Etcheverry, García, Gandini y Lorenzo encabezan lista de Alianza Nacional en Montevideo". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2004-08-17. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Larrañaga: jubilación de $ 5.000 y dos ajustes por año". EL PAIS. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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  13. ↑ "Gandini renunció a ser candidato a la Intendencia de Montevideo porque Lacalle Pou se lo pidió". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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  16. ↑ Redacción. "Por una convención "fuerte" y "representativa": Gandini lanzó su lista en Montevideo". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  17. ↑ Redacción. "Conocé a los 30 senadores del próximo período legislativo". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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  19. ↑ "Inicio de la campaña sobre la LUC fue en "tono agresivo" y con intentos de "ocupar la cancha del otro"". la diaria (in Spanish). 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  20. ↑ "Jorge Gandini busca que el Partido Nacional tenga un precandidato presidencial wilsonista". www.ambito.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  21. ↑ "Gandini dijo que el PN tendrá dos candidatos herreristas y Delgado retrucó: "Acá todos juegan con la picardía"". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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  24. ↑ ""Un camino que recién empieza": el mensaje de Laura Raffo tras quedar afuera de la fórmula blanca". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
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