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.
This government department is headquartered in Constituyente Road in the Cordón neighbourhood, Montevideo.
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. It is not until April 1986 that it received the current name.
List of ministers
MinisterPartyPeriodMinistry of Livestock and AgricultureArturo González VidartNational Independent Party1943–1945Gustavo GallinalNational Independent Party1946Aquiles EspalterColorado Party1947Luis Alberto BrauseColorado Party1948–1949Carlos L. FischerColorado Party1950Luis Alberto BrauseColorado Party1951Juan T. QuiliciColorado Party1952–1954Ramón F. BadoColorado Party1955Amílcar VasconcellosColorado Party1955–1957Joaquín AparicioColorado Party1957–1959Carlos V. PuigNational Party 1959–1963Wilson Ferreira AldunateNational Party 1963–1967Manuel Flores MoraColorado Party1967–1968Carlos Frick DavieColorado Party1968–1969Jaime MontanerColorado Party1969Juan María BordaberryColorado Party1969–1972Héctor Viana MartorellColorado Party1972Benito MederoNational Party 1972–1974Ministry of Agriculture and FishingHéctor Alburquerque¹Without known affiliation1974–1975Julio Eduardo Aznárez¹Without known affiliation1975–1976Luis Heriberto Meyer¹Without known affiliation1976–1977Estanislao Valdés Otero¹National Party 1977–1978Luis Heriberto Meyer¹Without known affiliation1978Jorge León Otero¹Without known affiliation1978–1979Juan Cassou¹Without known affiliation1979–1981Félix Zubillaga¹Without known affiliation1981Francisco Tourreilles¹Without known affiliation1981Carlos Mattos Moglia¹Without known affiliation1981–1985Roberto Vázquez PlateroColorado Party1985–1986Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and FishingPedro Bonino GarmendiaColorado Party1986–1990Álvaro Ramos TrigoNational Party 1990–1993Pedro Saravia FrattiNational Party 1993–1994Gonzalo CibilsNational Party 1994–1995Carlos GasparriColorado Party1995–1998Sergio ChiesaColorado Party1998–1999Ignacio Zorrilla de San MartínColorado Party1999Luis BrezzoColorado Party1999–2000Juan NotaroColorado Party2000Gonzalo González FernándezNational Party 2000–2003Martín AguirrezabalaColorado Party2003–2005José MujicaBroad Front 2005–2008Ernesto AgazziBroad Front 2008-2009Andrés BerterrecheBroad Front 2009–2010Tabaré AguerreBroad Front 2010–2018Enzo BenechBroad Front 2018–2020Carlos María UriarteColorado Party 2020–2021Fernando Mattos CostaColorado Party2021–2025Alfredo FrattiBroad Front2025–IncumbentSource ¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973–1985).
See also
Agriculture in Uruguay
References