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Daniel Olesker
Senator of Uruguay
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 15, 2020
Minister of Social Development of Uruguay
In office
July 19, 2011 – 28 February 2015
Preceded byAna María Vignoli
Succeeded byMarina Arismendi
Minister of Public Health of Uruguay
In office
March 1, 2010 – July 19, 2011
Preceded byMaría Julia Muñoz
Succeeded byJorge Enrique Venegas
Personal details
Born (1952-08-23) 23 August 1952 (age 72)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partySocialist Party
Broad Front
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
Université catholique de Louvain

Daniel Olesker (born August 23, 1952 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan economist and politician of the Socialist Party – Broad Front. He served as Minister of Social Development from 2011 to 2015 and as Minister of Public Health between 2010 and 2011. Since February 15, 2020, he has served as Senator of the Republic. [1]

Biography

Early Life and Education

He was born to a Jewish family on August 23, 1952. His father, Bernardo Olesker was honorary president of the Zionist Organization of Uruguay.[2]

Graduated as an economist from the University of the Republic, he began his political militancy at age 18, in the March 26 Movement, a left-leaning Marxist–Leninist group. Due to his political activities, he was imprisoned for three and a half years. He lived in Belgium, where he completed a postgraduate degree at the Université catholique de Louvain.[3]

Career

He teaches grade 5 Faculty of Economics and holder of the area of Labor Economics. He is a member of the Network of World Economy, Political Economy Workshop and Working Group on Global Economy of the Latin American Council of Science, where he also teaches courses in labor economics.

He served as Minister of Social Development from 2011 to 2015, during the administration of José Mujica. Previously he served as Minister of Public Health (2010-2011).[4] In the 2019 general election, he was elected Senator of the Republic for the 49th Legislature, a position he accessed on February 15, 2020.[5]

Bibliography

  • Daniel Olesker (2009). Crecimiento e inclusión: logros del gobierno frenteamplista. Ediciones Trilce. ISBN 978-9974-32-518-0.

References

  1. ^ ElPais. "Uno a uno: quiénes se quedan y quiénes entran al Senado y a la Cámara de Diputados". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. ^ "Partido Colorado ; Prensa ; En Uruguay funciona un servicio secreto judío "paraestatal" y "clandestino" que coordina con el Estado, según libro de Amado". web.archive.org. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  3. ^ web.archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173032/http://www.observa.com.uy/actualidad/nota.aspx?id=93687. Retrieved 2020-04-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Uruguayan Cabinet". Presidencia de la República. Retrieved 29 July 2013. (in Spanish)
  5. ^ ElPais. "Asumió la nueva legislatura donde siete partidos deberán negociar". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.


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