Raúl Lozano Bonet Explained

Raúl Lozano
Party:Open Cabildo
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Birth Date:1 October 1958
Birth Name:Raúl Lozano Bonet
Term End2:5 May 2023
Term Start2:3 March 2020
Predecessor:Irene Moreira
President:Luis Lacalle Pou
Term Start:9 May 2023
Office:Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay
Alma Mater:Uruguay Military School
Office2:Senator of the Republic
Predecessor2:Irene Moreira
Succeeded2:Irene Moreira
Rank:Colonel
Serviceyears:1978 — 2015
Allegiance: Uruguay
Website:www.rlozano.msartiguista.uy/

Raúl Lozano Bonet (born 7 April 1955) is an Uruguayan retired military officer and politician of Open Cabildo (CA), serving as Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay since May 9, 2023 under President Luis Lacalle Pou.

Lozano served as an officer of the National Army of Uruguay for more than 30 years, in different battalions and artillery groups.[1] He held the positions of Head of Division of the National Directorate of State Intelligence and General Director of the Material and Armament Service.[2] Likewise, he participated in the United Nations peacekeeping missions in Cambodia and the Ivory Coast, and as advisor in the peace negotiations between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government.[3] While serving in Cambodia he was kidnapped by the Khmer Rouge and held hostage for several days.[4]

In politics, he is one of the founders of the Movimiento Social Artiguista — Open Cabildo, which participated for the first time in the 2019 general election. From 2020 to 2023 he served as Senator of the Republic.[5] Since April 2024 he is the chairman of Open Cabildo.[6]

Early life and education

Lozano was born in Montevideo, the son of Rogelio Lozano Laporte, colonel of the National Army and Nelly Bonet Sagardoy, a teacher and school principal.[7] He attended Primary School No. 28, Liceo No. 3, Pallotti School, and the General Artigas Military High School.[8]

In 1975 he enrolled at the Uruguay Military School. He graduated as an Ensign of the Artillery on December 21, 1978.[9]

Political career

On November 29, 2018, Lozano was a founding member of the Artiguista Social Movement and Open Cabildo, of which he is, in turn, the vice president.[10] In the 2019 general election, he was elected substitute senator for Irene Moreira for the 49th Legislature.[11] Since Moreira was appointed Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning, Lozano took office on March 3, 2020.[12]

On May 5, 2023, Irene Moreira resigned from her cabinet post at the request of President Lacalle Pou, announcing that she would return to her senatorial seat.[13] Lozano was later chosen as his successor after the Open Cabildo proposal as a member of the government coalition, assuming the ministry on May 9, 2023.[14] [15]

References

  1. Web site: 2020-06-16 . Lozano dijo que procesamiento a soldado 48 años después es "una persecución ideológica de venganza" . 2023-05-13 . EL PAIS . en.
  2. Web site: Redacción . 2023-05-10 . Raúl Lozano de Cabildo Abierto será Ministro de Vivienda . 2023-05-13 . Grupo R Multimedio . es.
  3. Web site: 2020-02-06 . Raúl Lozano de observador de conflictos internacionales a senador con enfoque social La Mañana . 2023-05-13 . es.
  4. Web site: 2020-02-06 . Raúl Lozano de observador de conflictos internacionales a senador con enfoque social La Mañana . 2024-07-26 . es.
  5. Web site: Raúl Lozano Pensamos que es de justicia que tengan una compensación . 2023-05-13 . El Espectador 810 . es-UY.
  6. Web site: Raúl Lozano: nuevo presidente de Cabildo Abierto . 2024-07-25 . canal10.com.uy . es-UY.
  7. Web site: Voces . Semanario . 2023-04-15 . Raúl Lozano, senador de Cabildo Abierto Si en política hay alguien con carisma, es Manini . 2023-05-13 . Semanario Voces . es.
  8. Web site: Senator Raúl Lozano Bonet - Movimiento Social Artiguista .
  9. Web site: ¿Quién es Raúl Lozano, nuevo ministro de Vivienda? . 2023-05-13 . Caras y Caretas (Uruguay). es-ES.
  10. Web site: 2021-12-05 . "El Movimiento Social Artiguista surgió para hablar con la verdad" Cabildo Abierto . 2023-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211205212505/https://cabildoabierto.uy/el-movimiento-social-artiguista-surgio-para-hablar-con-la-verdad/ . 2021-12-05 .
  11. Web site: 2020-02-22 . Raúl Lozano: "Queremos gobernar en base a lo que la gente nos pide" VTV Noticias . 2023-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200222120839/https://www.vtv.com.uy/noticias/raul-lozano-queremos-gobernar-en-base-a-lo-que-la-gente-nos-pide/ . 2020-02-22 .
  12. Web site: 2ª Sesión Extraordinaria del 3 de marzo de 2020 . 2023-05-13 . legislativo.parlamento.gub.uy.
  13. Web site: Redacción . Irene Moreira deja el Ministerio de Vivienda y vuelve al Parlamento a partir del lunes . 2023-05-13 . El Observador.
  14. Web site: 2023-05-09 . Lozano se reúne con Lacalle Pou tras ser confirmado como ministro de Vivienda . 2023-05-13 . EL PAIS . en.
  15. Web site: Redacción . Lozano será el nuevo ministro de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial . 2023-05-13 . El Observador.

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