President Luis Lacalle Pou announced that he accepted the resignations of the Minister of the Interior, Luis Alberto Heber; the undersecretary Guillermo Maciel; and the presidential communications advisor Roberto Lafluf; a situation that generated a rearrangement in the cabinet.
If the resignation of the now former chancellor is added Francisco Bustillo, which was replaced on an interim basis by Diego Escuder, There are four positions that remained vacant. Although the replacement of Lafluf It was not mentioned, there are four leaders who will have a new role from Monday.
One of them is Omar Paganini, until today minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, who will be in charge of the Ministry of External relationships. Instead, it will assume Elisa Facio, the current general director of the MIEM Secretariat. While, Nicolas Martinelli was appointed as the new Minister of the Interior, with Pablo Abdala as his undersecretary.
The importance of Paganini in the energy transition plan
The most prominent in public service is Paganini, who comes from serving at the head of the MIEM and to lead the energy transition plan, positioning Uruguay in the development of green hydrogen, with the milestone of having obtained an investment of more than 4,000 million dollars to build a plant in Paysandu.
Trained as an electrical engineer at Udelar and with a Master’s Degree in Business Management at UCU, Paganini has been a minister since 2020 and on several occasions highlighted that the pillar of the second energy transition aims to “the decarbonization of transport and industry”, as well as the exploitation of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
With that letter of introduction, the leader also highlighted the “great potential” of the country in the area and added important meetings with peers and businessmen from United States, China and the European Union, relationships that may be important in your new role.
Martinelli, a trusted man of the president
The new Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Martinelli, He is a Doctor in Law and Social Sciences and a trusted man of Lacalle Pou, to the point that between 2021 and 2022 he served as a presidential advisor.
He had been working as Managing Director of the portfolio, being number three in the area. In that same role he also added experience between 2020 and 2021 in the Ministry of Social Development (Mides). Furthermore, he was an elected representative of the National Party by Montevideo in the last two elections.
Facio was number 3 of the MIEM
In the case of Elisa Facio, who served as General Director of the MIEM Secretariat, has a master’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Computer Systems Engineer, both from the Udelar.
The new minister of Industry, Energy and Mining He has an outstanding professional career as a specialist in Software Engineering in the public and private spheres. She was also president of the National Association of ANDA Affiliates and vice president of the Organization of Business Women of Uruguay (OMEU).
Abdala, president of INAU
In turn, the brand new Undersecretary of the Interior, Pablo Abdala, He graduated with a Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences from Udelar and served as president of the Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU).
He was also first vice president of the House of Representatives in the first legislative period of the 48th Legislature and was part of the Senate Chamber, being summoned as a substitute on several occasions during the 47th Legislature.
Source: Ambito
