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Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou

Luis Alberto Alejandro Aparicio Lacalle Pou (born 11 August 1973) is
Luis Lacalle Pou
a Uruguayan lawyer, politician and current president-elect of Uruguay after
winning the 2019 Uruguayan general election.

Contents
Background
Political career
Presidential candidacies
2014
2019

See also
References
External links

President-elect of Uruguay
Background
Assuming office
Born in Montevideo, he is the son of former president of Uruguay, Luis 1 March 2020
Alberto Lacalle, and Julia Pou, a former senator and first lady.[1] He has
Vice President Beatriz Argimón
been married to Lorena Ponce de León since 2000. Together, they have (elect)
three children: Luis Alberto, Violeta and Manuel.
Succeeding Tabaré Vázquez
His primary and secondary education was completed at The British Schools Senator of Uruguay
of Montevideo, and in 1998, he received his law degree from the Catholic In office
University of Uruguay. 15 February 2015 – 12 August 2019
President of the Chamber of
Representatives
Political career
In office
In the 1999 general elections, he was elected representative for Canelones, 1 March 2011 – 1 March 2012
serving the 2000-2005 term. He was re-elected in 2004 under the
Preceded by Ivonne Passada
herrerismo faction of the National Party, a movement founded by his great-
grandfather, Luis Alberto de Herrera. In 2009, he was elected for a third
Succeeded by Jorge Orrico
consecutive time and served until 2015. Representative of Uruguay
for Canelones
Lacalle Pou's career superficially mirrors that of Pedro Bordaberry, also a In office
son of a former president of Uruguay who followed his father into politics. 15 February 2000 – 15 February
2015
Lacalle Pou is the leader of the political lists 404 (Montevideo) and 400
Personal details
(Canelones).

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Presidential candidacies Born 11 August 1973

Montevideo,
Uruguay
2014
Political party National Party
On 30 March 2014, Lacalle Pou launched his bid for the presidential
candidacy.[2] Spouse(s) Lorena Ponce de
León (m. 2000)
On 1 June 2014 he was elected as single right-wing candidate of his party Children Luis Alberto ·
for the presidential elections in October.[3] He was defeated on the second Violeta · Manuel
round of presidential election on 30 November 2014. Parents Luis Alberto
Lacalle
2019 Julia Pou

In the 2019 presidential primaries, Lacalle Pou competed against Enrique Education The British Schools
Antía, Carlos Iafigliola, again Jorge Larrañaga and against the new Alma mater Catholic University
candidate Juan Sartori, with whom he maintained a tense relationship. of Uruguay
Lacalle Pou accused him of spreading false news, some of these cases were
brought to justice.[4]

Lacalle Pou won by 53% of the votes, enough to announce Beatriz Argimón the same night of 30 June as a vice
president candidate.[5]

On 24 November 2019, Luis Lacalle Pou garnered 48.71% of the unofficial vote in the second round of the 2019 general
election. His opponent, Broad Front candidate and former mayor of Montevideo, Daniel Martínez obtained 47.51% of
the vote. The Electoral Court of Uruguay would publish the official results by Friday, 29 November 2019, as observed
votes were still to be counted, totaling more than the difference between the two candidates, thus being too close to
call. Daniel Martinez did not concede the race then, awaiting the official count. However, Luis Lacalle Pou unofficially
declared himself the winner, as the votes already counted marked an irreversible trend. Martínez also officially
conceded defeat on 28 November 2019. On 30 November, final votes counts confirmed Lacalle Pou as the winner with
48.8% of the total votes cast over Martínez with 47.3%.[6] When he takes office, he will be the first National/Blanco
president since his father left office in 1995.

See also
List of political families#Uruguay

References
1. "El segundo integrante de la familia en convertirse en jefe de Estado" (https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politi
ca/tercer-integrante-familia-convertirse-jefe.html). El País (Uruguay). 28 November 2019. Archived (https://web.ar
chive.org/web/20191202015713/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/tercer-integrante-familia-convertirs
e-jefe.html) from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
2. "Lacalle Pou starts his presidential campaign" (http://brecha.com.uy/index.php/politica-uruguaya/3542-las-unas-cl
avadas-en-la-tradicion) (in Spanish). Brecha. 4 April 2014.
3. "Unexpected victory of Lacalle Pou in the Uruguayan primaries" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140602111103/htt
p://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/luis-lacalle-pou-vencio-internas.html) (in Spanish). EL PAIS. 2 June 2014.
Archived from the original (http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/luis-lacalle-pou-vencio-internas.html) on 2 June

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2014.
4. "The National Party denounced Juan Sartori for fake news" (https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/partido-nacion
al-formalizo-denuncia-por-fake-news-y-diaz-la-remitio-a-fiscal-2019620192526) (in Spanish). El Observador. 11
August 2019.
5. "Lacalle Pou surprised announced his partner for the October elections" (https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/p
olitica/lacalle-pou-dio-golpe-final-noche-anunciar-formula.html) (in Spanish). El País. 11 August 2019.
6. "Lacalle won with 48.8% and Martínez obtained 47.3% in the 2019 ballot: look at the results" (https://www.elpais.c
om.uy/informacion/politica/elecciones-resultado-balotaje-analisis-todos-datos-escrutinio.html). El Pais. 30
November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

External links
Representative Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou (https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230758/http://www.parlamento.gu
b.uy/palacio3/legisladores/legislador.asp?id=4605167)
Presidential campaign website (http://www.lacallepou.uy/)
Biografy by CIDOB (http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_del_sur/uruguay/
luis_alberto_lacalle_pou)

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