Tabaré Hackenbruch

Tabaré Hackenbruch (born 26 November 1928[1] in Canelones-ib.

A member of the Colorado Party, he started his long political career supporting the successful candidacy of Tomás Berreta for President.

[1] He also worked in the newspaper Acción alongside Julio María Sanguinetti.

[1] Hackenbruch was elected Mayor of Canelones Department for three terms: 1985-1990, 1995-2000 and 2000-2005; in the 2000 election, he had the support of several politicians from the National Party, with the manifest intention of avoiding a victory of the Broad Front.

[1] In the end he had very low approval ratings[2] and a lot of irregularities were reported.