The Minister of National Defense will leave his position thinking about the 2024 elections and his successor has already been elected as of March 4.
President Luis Lacalle Pou begins to outline what will be the cabinet of his last year with an eye on management, but without neglecting the campaign for the elections 2024, Therefore, the resignation of three ministers is expected in the coming weeks.
One of those who will leave office on March 4 is Minister of National Defense, Javier García, who will return to Senate and he already has his successor confirmed. This is the leader of the National Party, Armando Castaingdebat.
Another minister who will step away from management is Martin Lema, head of Social Development, who anticipated that he would leave “between March and April”, although everything indicates that he will also make his departure official on Monday the 4th. In this case, his successor is not yet defined.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Tourism, Tabare Viera, is another of those who will leave office, in his case to compete as a presidential pre-candidate in the internal Colorado Party. Not only is it not known who will succeed him, but also the exact departure date, although it is estimated that it will be once the season ends.
The career of Armando Castaingdebat
Armando Irineo Castaingdebat Colombo, 64 years old and a veterinarian, active in the National Party since 1988 and was mayor of Flores in two periods, between 2005 and 2014, the year in which he was elected deputy, for which he assumed his position in February 2015.
After leaving the Parliament, was named by Lacalle Pou as Undersecretary of Social Development, position that he left on May 3, 2021, due to the assumption as Minister of Motto, who is his son-in-law.
He currently works as Director of Promotion and Development of the Municipality of Flores, a position that he will leave on March 4 to replace García as head of the Ministry of National Defense.
Source: Ambito
