Julio María Sanguinetti

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Julio María Sanguinetti
Julio María Sanguinetti in 1995.
President of Uruguay
In office
March 1, 1985 – March 1, 1990
Vice PresidentEnrique Tarigo
Preceded byRafael Addiego
Succeeded byLuis Alberto Lacalle
In office
March 1, 1995 – March 1, 2000
Vice PresidentHugo Batalla
Preceded byLuis Alberto Lacalle
Succeeded byJorge Batlle Ibáñez
Personal details
Born (1936-01-06) January 6, 1936 (age 88)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyColorado Party
Spouse(s)Marta Canessa
ChildrenJulio Luis
Emma
OccupationPolitician, journalist, lawyer

Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (born 6 January 1936) is a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist. He served as President of Uruguay twice: from March 1985 until March 1990, and from March 1995 until March 2000. He was from the Colorado Party.

He supports same-sex marriage and a bill that recently approved same-sex marriages by the Uruguayan legislature.[1]

Sanguinetti was born in Montevideo.

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