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Yamandú Orsi

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Orsi and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Yamandú Orsi
Portrait of Yamandú Orsi speaking at a United Nations conference.
Orsi in 2021
President-elect of Uruguay
Assuming office
1 March 2025
Vice PresidentCarolina Cosse (elect)
SucceedingLuis Lacalle Pou
22nd and 24th[citation needed] Intendant of the Canelones Department
In office
26 November 2020 – 1 March 2024
Preceded byTabaré Costa
Succeeded byMarcelo Metediera
In office
9 July 2015 – 6 February 2020
Preceded byGabriela Garrido
Succeeded byTabaré Costa
Personal details
Born
Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez

(1967-06-13) 13 June 1967 (age 57)
Canelones Department, Uruguay
Political party
Other political
affiliations		Broad Front (since 1990)
SpouseLaura Alonso Pérez
Children2
ResidenceSalinas, Uruguay
Alma materArtigas Teachers Institute [es]
Occupation
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Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez[a] (born 13 June 1967) is a Uruguayan politician and teacher who is the president-elect of Uruguay after winning the 2024 general election.[1] He is a member of the left-wing Movement of Popular Participation, a constituent party of the Broad Front. He served as the 22nd and 24th[citation needed] intendant of the Canelones Department from 2015 to February 2020, and from November 2020 to 2024.[2]

A graduate from the Artigas Teachers Institute in 1991 as a history teacher, he taught in different liceos (secondary schools) in the Canelones, Florida, and Maldonado departments.[3] He began to be a political militant during his adolescence, being part of the Vertiente Artiguista until 1990, when he joined the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP) that had been founded the previous year. In 2015, he was elected Intendant of Canelones,[4] and in 2020, he was re-elected in the position.

Early life and education

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Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez was born in the Canelones Department on 13 June 1967, the second child, the first being his older sister, María del Luján, and only son of Pablo "Bebe" Orsi (1933–2018), a rural laborer and Carmen "Beba" Martínez (died 2023), a seamstress.[5][6] Orsi is of paternal Italian and maternal Spanish descent.[7][8]

Raised in a rural area between the towns of Santa Rosa and San Antonio, the family struggled financially during Orsi's adolescence years and, for a time, lived in a house without electricity.[9] At the age of five, he moved to the city of Canelones due to his father's spine disease, which prevented him from working in the fields.[10] The family set up a grocery store there, where Orsi began his studies at Primary School No. 110 and his secondary studies at the Liceo Tomás Berreta.[11]

Raised in a Roman Catholic family, he was an altar boy in the neighborhood chapel.[12] In his adolescence, he practiced folk dance, and at the age of fifteen, he won a contest to be part of a municipal cast, which he integrated until he was 26.[13] In turn, in his teens he became politically active, militating in the Vertiente Artiguista until 1990, when he joined the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP). He began by participating in a collection of signatures for the 1989 amnesty referendum on the Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State.[14]

In 1986, he began a degree in international relations at the University of the Republic, however, he dropped out after a month. Subsequently, he enrolled at the Artigas Teachers Institute in Montevideo to study for a teaching post in History in secondary education, graduating in 1991.[15]

Political career

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Early political career

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Orsi (middle) with US Ambassador Kelly Keiderling (left) during a departmental visit in 2017

In 2004, while still working as a history teacher in Maldonado, he ran unsuccessfully for the Chamber of Representatives as the fourth candidate on the electoral list of the Movement of Popular Participation in the Canelones Department.[16] In early 2005, he was announced as Marcos Carámbula's first alternate in his candidacy for Intendant of Canelones. Following Carámbulas's victory in the municipal elections of that year, Orsi was appointed Secretary General of the Intendancy.[17] After the 2010 election, he was confirmed in office after the re-election of the Carámbula administration.[18]

Since July 2005 he has been a member of the national and departmental board in Canelones of the Movement of Popular Participation.[17]

Intendant of Canelones (2015–2024)

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In early March 2015, he resigned to run for Intendant. His candidacy was supported by various sectors of the Broad Front, such as the MPP, the Communist Party, the Vertiente Artiguista, and Casa Grande.[19] In the 2015 election, he was elected Intendant of the Canelones Department with 37% of the vote, being the candidate with the most votes from the party with the most votes, according to the Ley de Lemas system.[20] He took office on 9 July 2015.[21]

In October 2019, facing the second round of the general election, Orsi was appointed campaign manager for Broad Front nominee Daniel Martínez Villamil.[22][23] On 7 February 2020, he resigned from the position of Intendant of Canelones, being succeeded by Tabaré Costa.[24] However, he launched his campaign for re-election, and in the municipal election of that year, he was re-elected in office.[25]

2024 presidential campaign

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After the Broad Front's electoral defeat in the 2019 general election, Orsi began to be seen as a contender for the 2024 presidential primaries.[26] On 19 March 2023, the MPP officially announced its support for his candidacy.[27] He also received the support of the Vertiente Artiguista and other leftist sectors of the party.[28]

On 9 December 2023, during the Broad Front Congress, Orsi's candidacy was made official, as well as that of Carolina Cosse, Mario Bergara and Andrés Lima.[29]

Orsi was the Broad Front's candidate for president in the 2024 Uruguayan general election. He emerged with a plurality of 43.2-44 percent in the first round on 27 October and faced Álvaro Delgado of the Coalición Multicolor in the runoff on 24 November,[30] which Orsi won.[31][32]

Presidency (2025–)

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Main article: Presidency of Yamandú Orsi

Orsi has already announced Gabriel Oddone as his future minister of economics and finance.

Personal life

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Orsi is married to Laura Alonso Pérez. They have twin children, Lucía and Victorio, born in 2012.[33] He lives with his family in Salinas.[34] Orsi is an avid football fan and supports Club Atlético Peñarol.[35]

Notes

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  1. ^ Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝamanˈdu raˈmon anˈtonjo ˈoɾsi maɾˈtines], Yamandú locally [ʒamanˈdu, ʃamanˈdu -]

References

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  1. ^ "Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country's new president". Associated Press. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Former history teacher Yamandú Orsi wins Uruguay election". BBC News. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Entrevista a Orsi: el "canarito" que se enamoró de la docencia". El Observador. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Ceremonia de asunción del Intendente de Canelones, Yamandú Orsi - Presidencia de la República". 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Falleció la madre del Intendente de Canelones". Intendencia de Canelones. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Falleció el padre del Intendente Yamandú Orsi". CanelonesCiudad Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  7. ^ Dazzo, Rino (10 May 2022). "Il sindaco di Canelones di origini italiane Yamandú Orsi". Gente d'Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Quién es Yamandú Orsi, nuevo presidente de Uruguay: un canario "de almacén" que conoció lo peor de las campañas sucias en Uruguay". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Yamandú Orsi, el canario que se crio en un rancho sin luz y que se está "preparando" para ser presidente". 13 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Yamandú Orsi, el "gauchito de asfalto" que pasó del malambo a lo más alto de la política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ^ "El intendente Yamandú Orsi votó a primera hora de la tarde en la Escuela N° 110 'Joaquín Suárez'". HOY CANELONES (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Yamandú Orsi parte 2". El Observador. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Yamandú Orsi se animó al zapateo en "La peluquería de Don Mateo"". EL PAIS. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Yamandú Orsi "Me considero de izquierda, pero con un fuerte contenido nacionalista"". La Mañana (in Spanish). 16 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Intendente de Canelones". Intendencia de Canelones. 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Yamandú Orsi, el "gauchito de asfalto" que pasó del malambo a lo más alto de la política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Yamandú Orsi". Movimiento de Participación Popular (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  18. ^ ""Mediodía clásico": así fue el encuentro entre Orsi y Carámbula en Las Piedras". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  19. ^ "La posta canaria". 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Yamandú Orsi fue electo intendente de Canelones". HOY CANELONES (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Yamandú Orsi asumió como Intendente de Canelones para el periodo 2015 - 2020". Intendencia de Canelones. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Frente Amplio pone a Orsi al frente de una campaña "mano a mano con el votante"". Grupo 180 (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  23. ^ "El patrón y el candidato intervenido". EL PAIS. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  24. ^ "Transmisión de mando en el Gobierno de Canelones". Intendencia de Canelones. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  25. ^ "Yamandú Orsi: una victoria holgada con la mira puesta en 2024". 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  26. ^ "El patrón y el candidato intervenido". EL PAIS. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  27. ^ "El MPP proclama este domingo a Orsi como precandidato y se prepara para buscar alianzas". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  28. ^ "Vertiente Artiguista confirmó su apoyo a la precandidatura de Yamandú Orsi". la diaria (in Spanish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  29. ^ "Frente Amplio oficializó sus cuatro precandidatos: Orsi, Cosse, Bergara y Lima". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 18 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  30. ^ "Teacher vs veterinarian: Uruguay's presidential frontrunners". France 24. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  31. ^ "Leftist candidate Orsi wins Uruguay's presidential election". France 24. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  32. ^ "Is Uruguay too stable for its own good?". The Economist. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  33. ^ "Yamandú Orsi, el "gauchito de asfalto" que pasó del malambo a lo más alto de la política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  34. ^ "A cartas vistas". SALA DE REDACCIÓN (in Spanish). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  35. ^ "Yamandú Orsi le dio la bienvenida a Luis Suárez, "un nuevo vecino" de Canelones". El Observador. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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