Heraclio Ruggia

Heraclio Ruggia was an Uruguayan engineer and politician. He was born in Mercedes on May 15, 1902.[1] He obtained a degree in civil engineering, after which he became a member of the Postal Directory.[1] He was named Chairman of the State Directory of Factories and Telephones (UTE) between February 1948 and February 1951.[1][2] He was a member of the National Aerodrome Commission on Aerodromes.[1]

Politically Ruggia was a Batllista.[3] Ruggia was named as Minister of Public Works in the cabinet of Óscar Diego Gestido on March 1, 1967.[4] On October 10, 1967, Ruggia and other Batllista ministers resigned from the cabinet in protest against Gestido's decree introducing 'Immediate Security Measures [es]' the preceding day.[1][5][6]

Ruggia died on July 7, 1970.[1] In 1982 the municipal government of Montevideo named a street after Heraclio Ruggia.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Album revista del Bicentenario de Mercedes: publicacion oficial en numero unico del Comite Ejecutivo del Bicentenario de Mercedes. p. 280
  2. ^ Marcos Medina Vidal. Reseña histórica de la U.T.E.. Organizatión Medina, 1952. p. 154
  3. ^ Quarterly Economic Review: Uruguay, Paraguay, Issues 1-4. Economist Intelligence Unit Limited, 1967. p. 2
  4. ^ Almanac of Current World Leaders, Volume 10. Marshall R. Crawshaw, 1967. pp. 13, 85
  5. ^ Ivonne Trías; Universindo Rodríguez Díaz (2012). Gerardo Gatti: revolucionario (in Spanish). Ediciones Trilce. p. 104. ISBN 9789974326026.
  6. ^ Walter Pernas (20 January 2014). Comandante Facundo: El revolucionario Pepe Mujica (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Uruguay. ISBN 9789974957404.
  7. ^ Registro municipal. Montevideo (Uruguay). Intendencia Municipal, 1982. pp. 99-100