Enrique Antía

Enrique Antía
Intendant of Maldonado
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 November 2020
Preceded byJesús Bentancor
In office
9 July 2015 – 6 February 2020
Preceded byÓscar de los Santos
Succeeded byJesús Bentancor
In office
13 July 2000 – 7 February 2005
Preceded byCamilo Tortorella
Succeeded byOscar de los Santos
Representative of Uruguay
for Maldonado
In office
2014–2015
Senator of Uruguay
In office
15 February 2005 – 14 February 2010
Personal details
Born
Enrique Andrés Antía Behrens

(1949-11-30) 30 November 1949 (age 75)
Maldonado, Uruguay
Political partyNational Party
SpouseLiliana Bernárdez
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
Occupation
  • Agricultural engineer
  • politician

Enrique Andrés Antía Behrens (born November 30, 1949) is a Uruguayan agricultural engineer and politician of the National Party (PN), serving as Intendant of Maldonado since November 26, 2020.[1]

Graduated from the University of the Republic, he has an agricultural engineering degree.[2] He served as an Extension Technician for the National Milk Producers Cooperative (Conaprole) in the departments of Maldonado and Rocha for twenty years.[3]

Family

Born in Maldonado as the son of the architect Enrique Antía Arlo and Consuelo Behrens Muñoz,[4] Antía is the first cousin of the former Minister of Transport and Public Works, Lucio Cáceres Behrens, on his maternal side, and his mother is the first cousin of the well-known actress China Zorrilla.[5]

Political career

He began his militancy as a member of the Nationalist University Movement (MUN).[3] In 1985, when democracy returned, he was elected edil of the Maldonado Departmental Board.[6]

In the 2000 municipal elections, he was elected Intendant of Maldonado, a position he held until 2005. While in the 2004 general election, he was elected Senator of the Republic for the 46th Legislature, as part of the Wilsonist Current faction.[4] From that year to 2014 he was part of the Board of the National Party.[6]

In the 2005 municipal elections, Antía was again a candidate for Intendant, being defeated by the Broad Front nominee Óscar de los Santos. In 2010 he ran for the Intendancy of Maldonado, being defeated by De los Santos, who was re-elected. In July of that year he was appointed to the board of directors of the National Administration of Power Plants and Transmissions (UTE).[7]

In 2015 he ran again for the post of Intendant of Maldonado, being elected for five years and ending the 10-year leftist rule in the department.[8] In 2019 he was pre-candidate for president for the National Party in the presidential primaries;[9] he obtained 7.51% of the votes, being defeated by Luis Lacalle Pou, who was the candidate in the general election.[10]

On February 6, 2020, he resigned as Intendant to dedicate himself to the re-election campaign.[11][12] In the municipal elections of September, he was re-elected Intendant of Maldonado, with 37.4% of the votes.[13] He took office for the third time on November 26.[14]

References

  1. ^ Noticias, Maldonado. "Enrique Antía asume su tercer mandato rodeado de un gabinete con muchas particularidades". E-max (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  2. ^ "Enrique Antía fue reelecto como intendente de Maldonado y ocupará el cargo por tercera vez". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Quién es Enrique Antía". Enrique Antía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  4. ^ a b Observador, El. "Un hijo de la militancia de Punta Carretas". El Observador. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  5. ^ "Enrique Antía Behrens: Genealogía Familiar". www.genealogiafamiliar.net. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  6. ^ a b "Intendencia de Maldonado - Uruguay". www.maldonado.gub.uy. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  7. ^ "Senadores votaron venias blancas".
  8. ^ ElPais. "Duro golpe para el Frente: los blancos recuperan Maldonado". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  9. ^ Observador, El. ""¿Por qué el intendente tiene que renunciar y los senadores no?", preguntó Antía". El Observador. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  10. ^ "ELECCIONES INTERNAS 2019". eleccionesinternas.corteelectoral.gub.uy. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  11. ^ Maldonado, Lista 20 (2020-02-06). "ANTIA deja su cargo en el día de hoy". Lista 20 Maldonado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Antía renunció en busca de la reelección en Maldonado e hizo repaso de su gestión". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  13. ^ Observador, El. "Enrique Antía fue reelecto en Maldonado con "histórica votación"". El Observador. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  14. ^ "Asumió Antía como intendente de Maldonado: se comprometió a profundizar el trabajo y las políticas sociales". www.maldonado.gub.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-16.