STUDENT: Edgar Agraz

I.D. N° 17.224539
CAREER: SYSTEMS
SECTION:
TEACHER: LIDIA LANGAIGNE
DATE: APRIL, 15 2023

Enrique Rubio (born 6 April 1943)

SUMMARY

Enrique Vicente Rubio Bruno is a Uruguayan teacher, writer and politician of the Broad Front. He
served as Director of the Office of Planning and Budget between 2007 and 2009.[1] He is currently
Senator of the Republic.

In his youth he joined the Unifying Action Groups. In 1971, he joined the leftist coalition Broad
Front. After the coup d'état of 1973, he was imprisoned for being linked to the Unifying Action
Groups cell that operated in the Faculty of Engineering, and for the explosion that killed student
Marcos Caridad Jordan while handling material for the manufacture of explosive devices. In 1984,
when several political parties were legalized, he participated in the creation of the "Independent
Democratic Left" party, better known as the IDI. In 1989 he founded, together with other
politicians, the Vertiente Artiguista, a group within the Broad Front. In 1994 he was elected
National Representative by Florida Department. While in 1999 and 2004 he was elected Senator.

In the 2009 election, he headed the list to the Senate of the Vertiente Artiguista, being elected for
the period 2010–2014.

On May 27, 2012, for the first time in its history, the Broad Front held open elections to elect its
highest authorities; Rubio competed for the presidency with Mónica Xavier, Ernesto Agazzi and
Juan Castillo. Finally, Monica Xavier was elected

In the 2019 general election he was elected senator for the Vertiente Artiguista that won 2 seats in
the upper house. The second is occupied by Amanda Della Ventura. The Legislature (2020-2025)
began on February 15, 2020.