Guillermo Domenech
Senator of Uruguay
Assumed office
15 February 2020
Chairman of the Open Cabildo Party
Assumed office
10 March 2019
Personal details
Born
Guillermo José Domenech Martínez

(1950-09-17) 17 September 1950 (age 73)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyOpen Cabildo Party
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
OccupationLawyer, notary, politician

Guillermo José Domenech Martínez (born 17 September 1950) is a Uruguayan lawyer, notary and politician. He is the President of the party Open Cabildo.

Born in Montevideo, Domenech attended St. Catherine's School and Ivy Thomas Memorial School,[1] graduated from University of the Republic, where he studied law and notary.[2] He served as a government notary, in the President's Office, from 1990 to 2019.[3]

Political career

In the 1989 elections he presented a list to the House of Representatives of the National Party Herrerism faction in support of Luis Alberto Lacalle, but he was not elected.[4] In 2019, Domenech participated in the founding of the Open Cabildo Party, which proposed the candidacy of former Army Commander-in-Chief Guido Manini Ríos.[5] In October, it was reported that Domenech would be the vice presidential running mate of Manini Ríos for the 2019 General Election.[6]

In the 2019 general election, he was elected Senator for the 49th Legislature.[7] He assumed that position, on February 15, 2020.[8]

References

  1. ^ "La historia de vida de Guillermo Domenech: "Vi la cara de la política que a la gente le disgusta"". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  2. ^ Digital, El Eco (2019-08-14). "Guillermo Domenech el vice de Manini Ríos". El Eco Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. ^ ElPais. "Escribano de Presidencia presentó renuncia hoy e impulsa candidatura de Manini Ríos". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. ^ "List 3 of Guillermo Domenech" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Manini Ríos presenta su candidatura por el Partido Cabildo Abierto". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. ^ Observador, El. "Guillermo Domenech será el compañero de fórmula de Manini Ríos". El Observador. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  7. ^ Observador, El. "Conocé a los 30 senadores del próximo período legislativo". El Observador. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  8. ^ ElPais. "Asumió la nueva legislatura donde siete partidos deberán negociar". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-18.