Tabaré Hackenbruch

Tabaré Hackenbruch (born 26 November 1928[1] in Canelones-ib. 19 June 2017) was an Uruguayan politician.

Tabaré Hackenbruch

Biography

A member of the Colorado Party, he started his long political career supporting the successful candidacy of Tomás Berreta for President.[1] He also worked in the newspaper Acción alongside Julio María Sanguinetti.[1]

Hackenbruch was elected Mayor of Canelones Department for three terms: 1985-1990, 1995-2000 and 2000-2005; in the 2000 election, he had the support of several politicians from the National Party, with the manifest intention of avoiding a victory of the Broad Front.[1]

In the end he had very low approval ratings[2] and a lot of irregularities were reported.[3]

gollark: By using arbitrary IP cameras and computer vision, of course.
gollark: https://xkcd.com/2469/ seems cool, maybe this could be automated.
gollark: I might have to invent and redeploy mgollark.
gollark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnWhqhNdYyk ← fear.
gollark: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-GBM-Works-With-Sway ← fear it.

References
  1. "Interview with Tabaré Hackenbruch". Espectador.com. 13 April 2000. (in Spanish)
  2. Interconsult (March 2005). "High disapproval rates in Canelones". (in Spanish)
  3. "Report on Hackenbruch's term in office to be brought to the Judiciary". LR21. 14 November 2008. (in Spanish)


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