Nicolás Martinelli

Nicolás Martinelli
Minister of the Interior of Uruguay
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 November 2023
PresidentLuis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Preceded byLuis Alberto Héber
Personal details
Born
Nicolás José Martinelli Waksman

(1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 42)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyNational Party
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Nicolás José Martinelli Waksman[1] (born January 2, 1982) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party, currently serving as Minister of the Interior under President Luis Lacalle Pou.[2]

Early life and education

Martinelli Waksman was born on January 2, 1982, in Montevideo.

He obtained a law degree from the University of the Republic.[3] He clerked at the Posadas, Posadas y Vecino firm as a lawyer in the corporate and litigation sector from 2007 to 2010,[4] and at the Teyma-Abengoa law firm between 2013 and 2015.[5]

Political career

Early political career

Martinelli joined the National Party while studying at university. In 2008 he co-founded the Aire Fresco sector – Lista 404, together with Martín Lema, José Luis Satdjián and Luis Lacalle Pou.[6][7]

In the 2010 municipal elections he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Municipality E of the Montevideo Department, but was nevertheless elected as a councilor of the Municipality.[8] In 2011 he was a member of the commission led by the then president of the Chamber of Representatives Luis Lacalle Pou, which was in charge of removing obsolete, repealed or unregulated laws from the Uruguayan legal system.[9]

In 2014 he was elected alternate National Representative in the 48th Legislature (2015-2020). He also served as coordinator of the Todos sector.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Resolución S/N/023 Participación de Nicolás José Martinelli Waksman en las visitas a las instalaciones de la empresa ELBIT SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD del Estado de Israel". Uruguay Presidencia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  2. ^ "Asumen los nuevos ministros del Interior, Martinelli, y de Relaciones Exteriores, Paganini". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  3. ^ Redacción. "¿Quién es Nicolás Martinelli, el nuevo ministro del Interior que sustituirá a Heber?". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  4. ^ "¿Cuál fue la trayectoria de Nicolás Martinelli hasta llegar a ser nombrado número tres del Ministerio del Interior?". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ "Nicolás Martinelli – Luis Lacalle Pou". 2023-03-21. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ^ Cayota, Diego. "La historia de Lema, Martinelli y Satdjian: de poner barras en boliches a la primera línea del gobierno". El Observador. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  7. ^ "Dos jóvenes fundadores de la lista 404 formarán parte del gabinete". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131210224842/http://www.fcs.edu.uy/archivos/Elecciones_Departamentales_Municipales_2010.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Viggiano, Martín. "Las leyes que vos violais". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  10. ^ "Quién es Nicolás Martinelli; el nuevo ministro del Interior es una persona de confianza de Luis Lacalle Pou". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-12.


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