Gonzalo Fernández (Uruguayan politician)

Gonzalo Daniel Fernández Domínguez ( born March 21, 1952 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.

Life

Fernández, a member of the Partido Socialista del Uruguay, had in the 43rd and 44th legislative period for the Broad Front for the first time held a position as deputy senator in the Cámara de Senadores from 6 October 1994, with various interruptions. In the 45th Parliament, he took the same function again true with interruptions for the Alliance Partido Encuentro Progesista / Frente Amplio.

Fernández was the Cabinet of Tabaré Vázquez in the Frente Amplio coalition government to holding various functions. At first, he was as right hand Vázquez ' working as its so-called Secretario de Presidencia from 1 March 2005 to 3 March 2008. After that, he held the post of Foreign Minister of Uruguay. the period March 3, 2008 he held until 31 August 2009. On the same day he took over from José Bayardi the management of the Ministry of Defence. With the start of the new government under José Mujica on 1 March 2010, he was replaced by Luis Rosadilla.

On December 18, 2011 came at this time 21 -year-old son Fernández ', Gonzalo Fernández Matías, in a traffic accident in montevideanischen Barrio Carrasco died.