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Tabaré Vázquez
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39th and 41st President of Uruguay
In office
1 March 2015 – 1 March 2020
Vice President Raúl Sendic (2015–2017)
Lucía Topolansky (since 2017)
Preceded by José Mujica
Succeeded by Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou
In office
1 March 2005 – 1 March 2010
Vice President Rodolfo Nin
Preceded by Jorge Batlle Ibáñez
Succeeded by José Mujica
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
In office
1 March 2015 – 23 March 2016
Preceded by José Mujica
Succeeded by Nicolás Maduro
Intendant of Montevideo
In office
5 May 1990 – 5 May 1994
Preceded by Eduardo Fabini Jiménez
Succeeded by Tabaré González
Personal details
Born
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas

(1940-01-17)17 January 1940
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died 6 December 2020(2020-12-06) (aged 80)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Broad Front
Spouse(s)
(m. 1968; her death 2019)
Children Ignacio
Álvaro
Javier
Fabián
Alma mater University of the Republic
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Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas ( 17 January 1940 – 6 December 2020) was an Uruguayan politician. He served as President of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020.

In August 2019, Vázquez was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on 6 December 2020 from the disease in Montevideo at the age of 80.

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