Lou Rinaldi | |
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United States Ambassador to Uruguay Nominee | |
Assuming office TBD | |
President | Donald Trump |
Succeeding | Heide B. Fulton |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Italy | June 14,1954
Spouse | Lauretta Rinaldi |
Children | 4 |
Education | Work University of Uruguay |
Louis Rinaldi (born June 14,1954) is an Uruguayan-American businessman. In December 2024,then President-elect Donald Trump named Rinaldi as his nominee for ambassador to Uruguay. [2]
Rinaldi was born in Italy but his family emigrated to Uruguay when he was four and a half years old where he lived with his six siblings and parents on a ranch in Colón ,Lavalleja Department. [1] He graduated from the Work University of Uruguay as a mechanical turner. [1] He and his family emigrated to the United States when he was nineteen where he worked in construction in New York. [1]
In 1975,he started his own construction company known as Louis Rinaldi Inc. [1]
In December 2024,then President-elect Donald Trump named Rinaldi as his nominee for ambassador to Uruguay. [2]
He met his wife Lauretta in the 1970s with her being the one who taught him English. [1] In 2013,one of his four children died at the age of 28. [1]
Rinaldi frequently visits the country. [1] He is a supporter of Uruguayan soccer team Peñarol. [1] He lives with his wife in Westchester County,New York. [1]
Rinaldi met future President Donald Trump at a golf course in the summer of 1993 in which he said that he told Trump that he was only going to shake his hand because they shared the same birthday. [1]
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou called Rinaldi in June 2020 after he had played a golf match with Trump to greet him for his birthday. [3]
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