Eduardo Bonomi

Edison Eduardo Bonomi Varela (14 October 1948 – 20 February 2022) was a Uruguayan guerrilla member and politician of the Movement of Popular Participation – Broad Front. He served as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2005 to 2009, and as Minister of the Interior from 2010 to 2020.[1] Since February 15, 2020, he served as Senator of the Republic.[2][3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bonomi and the second or maternal family name is Varela.
Edison Eduardo Bonomi Varela
Eduardo Bonomi in 2007.
Senator of Uruguay
In office
15 February 2020 – 20 February 2022
Minister of the Interior of Uruguay
In office
23 July 2019 – 14 February 2020
PresidentJosé Mujica (2010-2015)
Tabaré Vázquez (2015-2020)
Preceded byJorge Bruni Machín
Succeeded byJorge Larrañaga
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Uruguay
In office
1 March 2005 – 13 July 2009
Preceded bySantiago Pérez del Castillo
PresidentTabaré Vázquez
Succeeded byJulio Baraibar
Personal details
Born(1948-10-14)14 October 1948
Rocha, Uruguay
Died20 February 2022(2022-02-20) (aged 73)
Parque del Plata, Uruguay
Political partyMovement of Popular Participation
Broad Front
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Early life and guerrilla

Born in Montevideo, Bonomi attended primary at public school No. 81 and secondary at the public high school in Barrio Malvín in Montevideo. In 1969 he enrolled at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of the Republic where he could only attend up to the fourth year, since in 1972 he was taken to prison for belonging to the MLN-Tupamaros. He was released in March 1985 and was a book seller and, in May 1985, he started working at the Promopes fishing company. In the early 1990s the company became Cooperativa Promopes, a workers' cooperative, which in 1997 was brought up for public auction by its main creditor, Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay.

Bonomi joined the MLN-Tupamaros in 1970. In June 1972 he went underground. He was arrested on July 21 of that year. After being released, in 1985, he returned to political and social militancy and from 1987 he joined the MLN-T Central Committee. He was one of the co-founders of the Movement of Popular Participacion (MPP).

Political career

In March 2005, after President Tabaré Vázquez took office, he was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. In 2009, he resigned his position to serve as Campaign Manager for José Mujica for the general election of that year. He served as Minister of the Interior in the administration of José Mujica (2010-2015)[4] and that of Tabaré Vázquez (2015-2020).[5]

In the 2019 general election, he was elected Senator of the Republic for the 49th Legislature, a position he accessed on February 15, 2020.[6]

Personal life and death

Bonomi died of cardiac arrest on 20 February 2022, at the age of 73.[7]

References
  1. "Bonomi es el ministro del Interior que más tiempo ocupó el cargo de la historia". Diario La República (in Spanish). 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. ElPais. "Uno a uno: quiénes se quedan y quiénes entran al Senado y a la Cámara de Diputados". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  3. "Bonomi renuncia como ministro este viernes para asumir banca en Senado". Rivera Mi Ciudad (in Spanish). 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  4. "Perfil de todos los ministros y subsecretarios de Mujica". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  5. "Vázquez: "Este es el gabinete que trabajará durante todo el periodo"". 2014-12-13. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  6. ElPais. "Asumió la nueva legislatura donde siete partidos deberán negociar". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  7. "Esta madrugada, falleció el exministro del Interior, Eduardo Bonomi". Montevideo Portal. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.


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