Azucena Arbeleche

Azucena María Arbeleche Perdomo (born 1970) is a Uruguayan economist, professor, and civil servant, serving as Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay since March 1, 2020, being the first woman to hold that office. [1][2]

Azucena Arbeleche
Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay
Assumed office
1 March 2020
PresidentLuis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Preceded byDanilo Astori
Personal details
Born
Azucena María Arbeleche Perdomo

1970 (age 50–51)
Uruguay
Political partyNational Party
Occupation
  • Economist
  • professor
  • civil servant

Career

Arbeleche studied at The British Schools of Montevideo, and graduated with a licentiate in economics from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration of the University of the Republic. She earned a master's degree in applied macroeconomics at the Catholic University of Chile.[3] She was the director of the Debt Management Unit of Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finance from 2011 to 2014.[3][4][5] Senator and presidential candidate Luis Lacalle Pou announced her as his choice for Minister of Economy and Finance, but he was defeated in the second round of the general election in November 2014.[6][7]

An adherent of the National Party,[8] Arbeleche was a professor at institutions such as the University of the Republic, the Catholic University of Uruguay, and the University of Montevideo.[9] In 2014 she was featured on the cover of the magazine Seis Grados of the newspaper El Observador.[6] She has three children with her husband Juan. She is as an adviser to Senator Lacalle Pou. [10]

References
  1. Suárez, Rocío Vargas. "Azucena Arbeleche: Los lazos con Chile de la primera mujer ministra de Economía de Uruguay". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. "Nuevos secretarios de Estado firmaron Libro de Actas ante el flamante presidente, Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". www.presidencia.gub.uy. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "50 mujeres uruguayas influyentes" [50 Influential Uruguayan Women]. El Observador (in Spanish). 8 March 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. "¿Quién es Azucena Arbeleche, la candidata blanca al MEF?" [Who is Azucena Arbeleche, the White Candidate to the MEF?]. El País (in Spanish). 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. "Renunció la directora de Gestión de Deuda del MEF" [MEF Debt Management Director Resigned]. La República (in Spanish). 28 July 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. "Lacalle Pou ya tiene ministra de Economía para Uruguay" [Lacalle Pou Already Has an Economy Minister for Uruguay] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Urgente24. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. "UyCheck somete a chequeo frase de Azucena Arbeleche, ¿dice la verdad?" [UyCheck Submits a Fact Check of Azucena Arbeleche, Is She Telling the Truth?]. El País (in Spanish). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. "Astori elogió a Arbeleche pero dijo estar preocupado por algunas de sus declaraciones" [Astori Praised Arbeleche But Said He Was Worried About Some of Her Statements] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  9. "Documento: Curriculum de Azucena Arbeleche-Partido Nacional" [Document: Curriculum of Azucena Arbeleche-National Party] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  10. "Arbeleche criticó gestión del gobierno pero reconoció que no hay 'un riesgo de recesión'" [Arbeleche Criticized Government Management But Acknowledged That There is "No Risk of Recession"]. El Observador (in Spanish). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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