Luis Alberto Lacalle was the President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995
Luis Alberto Lacalle
@Former President of Uruguay, Family and Family
Jul 13, 1941
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: July 13, 1941
- Nationality: Uruguayan
- Famous: Former President of Uruguay, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents
- Spouses: Julia Pou
- Known as: Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera
- Childrens: Juan José Lacalle Pou, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, Manuel Lacalle Pou, Pilar Lacalle Pou
- Universities:
- University of the Republic
Luis Alberto Lacalle born at
Montevideo
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Birth Place
Luis Alberto Lacalle is married to María Julia Pou Brito del Pino with whom he has four children: Pilar, Luis Alberto, Juan Jose and Manuel. He is also a grandfather.
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Personal Life
Luis Alberto Lacalle was born on July 13, 1941 in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Carlos Pedro Lacalle Nuñez and María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle. His mother was the daughter of the famous political leader, Luis Alberto de Herrera, after whom Lacalle was named. He has a sister, Agnes.
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Childhood & Early Life
Being from a political background, he was naturally inclined towards politics from a young age. He joined the National Party when he was just 17. He accompanied his grandfather Luis Alberto de Herrera in the campaign for the 1958 elections.
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Childhood & Early Life
He loved to write and started working as a journalist for ‘Clarin’ in 1961. He wrote columns on political analysis, combining his love for writing with his interest in politics.
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Childhood & Early Life
He aspired to be a lawyer and enrolled at the University of the Republic's law school from where he graduated in 1964.
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Childhood & Early Life
Luis Alberto Lacalle decided to enter into politics and was elected deputy for Montevideo in 1971. However, he could remain in this position only till 1973 when the then President Juan María Bordaberry dissolved the parliament in a coup and formed the National Security Council, which led to the military rule.
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Career
Luis Alberto Lacalle was a strong supporter of democracy and vehemently opposed the dictatorship rule that had overtaken the country. After the coup, he was arrested and jailed for a few weeks.
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Career
Upon his release, he became actively involved in underground activities and political activism aimed at opposing the military regime.
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Career
In 1981 he worked as a guest columnist for the weekly ‘Courier Friday and Review’. He also embarked on a career in broadcast journalism in the early 1980s and led his own program, ‘Country and Party’, on Radio Carve of Montevideo.
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Career
He founded the National Council Herrerista in 1981 and was made its Secretary General. The Council was one of three internal factions of the White Party.
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Career
Luis Alberto Lacalle received many honours in the year 1991: Grand Collar of the Order of Merit of Chile, Grand Collar of the Condor of the Andes in Bolivia, Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín of Argentina, and Grand Cross of the Order of Cruzeiro do Sul in Brazil.
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Awards & Achievements
He was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1993.
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Awards & Achievements