Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries

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Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
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Ministry overview
Formed19 March 1935 (1935-03-19)
Jurisdiction Government of Uruguay
Headquarters Montevideo
Minister responsible
Website Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries

The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on agricultural, livestock and fishery resources. The ministry is also responsible for the permanent development of the agricultural, agroindustrial and fisheries sectors, promoting their insertion in both regional and extra-regional external markets, based on the management and sustainable use of natural resources. [1]

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This government department is headquartered in Constituyente Road in Barrio Cordón, Montevideo. The current Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries is Fernando Mattos Costa, who has held the position since June 27, 2021. [2]

Creation

On March 19, 1935, after the dissolution of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industries and Labor and the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture were created through the approval of Law No. 9,463. On July 11, 1974, its name was modified to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. [3] It is not until April 1986 that it received the current name. [4]

List of ministers

MinisterPartyPeriod
Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture
Arturo González Vidart National Independent Party 1943–1945
Gustavo Gallinal National Independent Party 1946
Aquiles Espalter Colorado Party 1947
Luis Alberto Brause Colorado Party 1948–1949
Carlos L. Fischer Colorado Party 1950
Luis Alberto Brause Colorado Party 1951
Juan T. Quilici Colorado Party 1952–1954
Ramón F. Bado Colorado Party 1955
Amílcar Vasconcellos Colorado Party 1955–1957
Joaquín Aparicio Colorado Party 1957–1959
Carlos V. Puig National Party 1959–1963
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate National Party 1963–1967
Manuel Flores Mora Colorado Party 1967–1968
Carlos Frick Davie Colorado Party 1968–1969
Jaime Montaner Colorado Party 1969
Juan María Bordaberry Colorado Party 1969–1972
Héctor Viana Martorell Colorado Party 1972
Benito Medero National Party 1972–1974
Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing
Héctor Alburquerque¹Without known affiliation1974–1975
Julio Eduardo Aznárez¹Without known affiliation1975–1976
Luis Heriberto Meyer¹Without known affiliation1976–1977
Estanislao Valdés Otero¹ National Party 1977–1978
Luis Heriberto Meyer¹Without known affiliation1978
Jorge León Otero¹Without known affiliation1978–1979
Juan Cassou¹Without known affiliation1979–1981
Félix Zubillaga¹Without known affiliation1981
Francisco Tourreilles¹Without known affiliation1981
Carlos Mattos Moglia¹Without known affiliation1981–1985
Roberto Vázquez Platero Colorado Party 1985–1986
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fishing
Pedro Bonino Garmendia Colorado Party 1986–1990
Álvaro Ramos Trigo National Party 1990–1993
Pedro Saravia Fratti National Party 1993–1994
Gonzalo Cibils National Party 1994–1995
Carlos Gasparri Colorado Party 1995–1998
Sergio Chiesa Colorado Party 1998–1999
Ignacio Zorrilla de San Martín Colorado Party 1999
Luis Brezzo Colorado Party 1999–2000
Juan Notaro Colorado Party 2000
Gonzalo González Fernández National Party 2000–2003
Martín Aguirrezabala Colorado Party 2003–2005
José Mujica Broad Front 2005–2008
Ernesto Agazzi Broad Front 2008-2009
Andrés Berterreche Broad Front 2009–2010
Tabaré Aguerre Broad Front 2010–2018
Enzo Benech Broad Front 2018–2020
Carlos María Uriarte Colorado Party 2020–2021
Fernando Mattos Costa Colorado Party 2021–Incumbent
Source[ citation needed ]

¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973–1985).

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