Heraclio Ruggia was an Uruguayan engineer and politician. He was born in Mercedes on May 15, 1902.Album revista del Bicentenario de Mercedes: publicacion oficial en numero unico del Comite Ejecutivo del Bicentenario de Mercedes. p. 280 He obtained a degree in civil engineering, after which he became a member of the Postal Directory. He was named Chairman of the State Directory of Factories and Telephones (UTE) between February 1948 and February 1951.Marcos Medina Vidal. Reseña histórica de la U.T.E.. Organizatión Medina, 1952. p. 154 He was a member of the National Aerodrome Commission on Aerodromes.
Politically Ruggia was a Batllista.Quarterly Economic Review: Uruguay, Paraguay, Issues 1-4. Economist Intelligence Unit Limited, 1967. p. 2 Ruggia was named as Minister of Public Works in the cabinet of Óscar Diego Gestido on March 1, 1967.Almanac of Current World Leaders, Volume 10. Marshall R. Crawshaw, 1967. pp. 13, 85 On October 10, 1967, Ruggia and other Batllista ministers resigned from the cabinet in protest against Gestido's decree introducing '' the preceding day.
Ruggia died on July 7, 1970. In 1982 the municipal government of Montevideo named a street after Heraclio Ruggia.Registro municipal. Montevideo (Uruguay). Intendencia Municipal, 1982. pp. 99-100
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