Yamandú Orsi

Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez (born 13 June 1967) is a Uruguayan politician serving as the 24th intendant of the Canelones Department since November 26, 2020. A member of the Movement of Popular Participation – Broad Front, he previously served as the 23rd intendant of Canelones from 2015 to 2020.[1]

Yamandú Orsi
24th Intendant of the Canelones Department
Assumed office
26 November 2020
In office
9 July 2015 – 6 February 2020
Preceded byGabriela Garrido
Succeeded byTabaré Costa
Personal details
Born
Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez

(1967-06-13) 13 June 1967
Canelones, Uruguay
Political partyBroad Front
Residence(s)Salinas, Uruguay
Alma materArtigas Teachers Institute
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionProfessor
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Orsi and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Graduated from the Instituto de Profesores Artigas in 1991 as a History teacher, he taught in different liceos (secondary schools) in the Canelones, Florida, and Maldonado Departments.[2] He began to be a political militant during his adolescence, being part of the Vertiente Artiguista until 1990, when he joined the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP) that had been founded the previous year. In 2015 he was elected Intendant of Canelones, and in 2020 he was re-elected in the position. He is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2024.[3]

Early life

Orsi was born in Canelones on 13 June 1967, and raised in a rural area of Canelones Department, between the towns of Santa Rosa and San Antonio. The son and second child of Pablo "Bebe" Orsi (1933–2018), a rural laborer of Italian descent whose ancestors arrived in Uruguay at the beginning of the 19th century,[4][5] and Carmen "Beba" Martínez (died 2023), a seamstress of Spanish heritage,[6][7] the family struggled financially during Orsi's early years and for a time lived in a house without electricity.[8] At the age of five, he moved to the city of Canelones due to his father's spine disease, which prevented him from working in the fields.[9] The family set up a grocery store there, where Orsi attended Primary School No. 110 and Liceo Tomás Berreta.[10]

Raised in a Catholic family, he was an altar boy in the neighborhood chapel.[11] In his adolescence, he practiced folk dance, and at the age of fifteen, he won a contest to be part of a municipal cast, which he integrated until he was 26.[12] In turn, in his teens he became politically active, militating in the Vertiente Artiguista until 1990, when he joined the Movement of Popular Participation. He began by participating in a collection of signatures for the 1989 amnesty referendum on the Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State.[13]

In 1986, he began a degree in international relations at the University of the Republic, however, he dropped out after a month. Subsequently, he enrolled at the Artigas Teachers Institute in Montevideo to study for a teaching post in History in secondary education, graduating in 1991.[14]

Political career
Orsi with US Ambassador Kelly Keiderling during a departmental visit in 2017

A member of the National Directorate of the MPP, Orsi has been part of the departmental executive commission of the Broad Front since July 2005. He served as Secretary General of the Municipality of Canelones during the two terms of government of Intendant Marcos Carámbula.[15]

In early March 2015, he resigned to run for Intendant. His candidacy was supported by various sectors of the Broad Front, such as the MPP, the Communist Party, the Vertiente Artiguista, and Casa Grande.[16] In the 2015 election, he was elected Intendant of the Canelones Department with 37% of the vote, being the candidate with the most votes from the party with the most votes, according to the Ley de Lemas system.[17] He took office on July 9, 2015.[18]

In October 2019, facing the second round of the general election, Orsi was appointed campaign manager for Broad Front nominee Daniel Martínez Villamil.[19][20] On February 7, 2020, he resigned from the position of Intendant of Canelones, being succeeded by Tabaré Costa.[21] However, he launched his campaign for re-election, and in the municipal election of that year, he was re-elected in office.[22]

Personal life

Orsi is married to Laura Alonso Pérez. They have twin children, Lucía and Victorio, born in 2012.[23] He lives with his family in Salinas.[24] Orsi is an avid football fan and supports Peñarol.[25]

References
  1. "Ceremonia de asunción del Intendente de Canelones, Yamandú Orsi - Presidencia de la República". 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. Redacción. "Entrevista a Orsi: el "canarito" que se enamoró de la docencia". El Observador. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. "Lacalle y Orsi: un arranque entre "señales", "simbolismo" y una corbata "colorada" en el medio". El Observador (in Spanish). 26 November 2020.
  4. Dazzo, Rino (10 May 2022). "Il sindaco di Canelones di origini italiane Yamandú Orsi". Gente d'Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. CC, Sobre el autor. "Falleció el padre del Intendente Yamandú Orsi". CanelonesCiudad Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  6. "Falleció la madre del Intendente de Canelones | Intendencia de Canelones". www.imcanelones.gub.uy. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. gustavo (17 February 2023). "Falleció Carmen Martínez madre del intendente Yamandú Orsi". Metropolitano (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  8. "Yamandú Orsi, el canario que se crio en un rancho sin luz y que se está "preparando" para ser presidente". 13 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. "Yamandú Orsi, el "gauchito de asfalto" que pasó del malambo a lo más alto de la política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. Canelones, Hoy. "El intendente Yamandú Orsi votó a primera hora de la tarde en la Escuela N° 110 'Joaquín Suárez'". HOY CANELONES (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. Redacción. "Yamandú Orsi parte 2". El Observador. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  12. "Yamandú Orsi se animó al zapateo en "La peluquería de Don Mateo"". EL PAIS. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  13. "Yamandú Orsi "Me considero de izquierda, pero con un fuerte contenido nacionalista" | La Mañana" (in Spanish). 16 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  14. "Intendente de Canelones | Intendencia de Canelones". 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  15. "Yamandú Orsi - Movimiento de Participación Popular". 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  16. "La posta canaria". 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  17. Canelones, Hoy. "Yamandú Orsi fue electo intendente de Canelones". HOY CANELONES (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  18. "Yamandú Orsi asumió como Intendente de Canelones para el periodo 2015 - 2020 | Intendencia de Canelones". imcanelones.gub.uy. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  19. Grupo 180. "Frente Amplio pone a Orsi al frente de una campaña "mano a mano con el votante"". www.180.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  20. "El patrón y el candidato intervenido". EL PAIS. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  21. "Transmisión de mando en el Gobierno de Canelones | Intendencia de Canelones". imcanelones.gub.uy. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  22. "Yamandú Orsi: una victoria holgada con la mira puesta en 2024". 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  23. "Yamandú Orsi, el "gauchito de asfalto" que pasó del malambo a lo más alto de la política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  24. "A cartas vistas". SALA DE REDACCIÓN (in Spanish). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  25. Redacción. "Yamandú Orsi le dio la bienvenida a Luis Suárez, "un nuevo vecino" de Canelones". El Observador. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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