Adrián Peña

Nelson Adrián Peña Robaina (born 20 January 1976) is a Uruguayan businessman and politician of the Colorado Party. He served as the first Minister of the Environment from August 27, 2020 to January 30, 2023.[1]

Adrián Peña
Minister of Environment
In office
27 August 2020 – 30 January 2023
PresidentLuis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Succeeded byRobert Bouvier Torterolo
Senator of Uruguay
In office
15 February 2020 – 26 August 2020
General Secretary of the Colorado Party of Uruguay
In office
24 May 2017 – 1 December 2018
Preceded byGermán Cardoso
Representative of Uruguay
for Canelones
In office
15 February 2015 – 14 February 2020
Personal details
Born
Nelson Adrián Peña Robaina

(1976-01-20) 20 January 1976
San Bautista, Uruguay
Political partyColorado Party
Alma materCatholic University of Uruguay

He has been in politics since he was 13 years old, but it was only in 2009 that he decided to head a political project in his department. A native of the town of San Bautista, Peña is dedicated to the business of raising and distributing poultry.[2]

Early life and education

Peña is from San Bautista.[3] He started his career in the Poultry industry.[3]

Political career

In 1994, he began his political career attached to Lista 15 de Canelones, in support of Jorge Batlle. In the 2004 election, he supported the candidacy for the presidency of Guillermo Stirling, and in 2008 he joined the "Batllismo Unido" faction of the Department of Canelones and "Vamos Uruguay".

In 2009 he was elected National and Departmental Conventional in the presidential primaries. That year he was also elected a member of the Departmental Executive Committee of the Colorado Party in Canelones. In August 2009, he joined a new political group, with the aim of renewing the Colorado Party in Canelones.[4] In October, he was a candidate for National Representative for List 11, supporting Pedro Bordaberry's candidacy for the Senate.

In the 2014 presidential primaries, his political group was the winner within the Colorado Party. In the general election, he was elected National Representative for Canelones, for the 48th Legislature.[5] In November 2014 he was unanimously elected General Secretary of the Colorado Party in Canelones and in December 2014, he was elected a titular member of the National Executive Committee of the Colorado Party.

On May 31, 2017, he was elected General Secretary of the Colorado Party.[6] In 2018 he founded, together with the Economist Ernesto Talvi, "Ciudadanos" political group within the PC.[7] In the 2019 general election, he supported Talvi's candidacy for President of the Republic. In it, he was elected Senator.[8]

Minister of Environment

On July 18, 2020, his appointment as the first Minister of the Environment was confirmed, when the portfolio was separated from the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning. He took office on August 27 in Aguas Corrientes.[1]

In a January 2021 interview, he described GMO crops and sustainable agriculture as priorities, alongside improving drinking water quality and water management.[3]

Source:[9]

He resigned as the Minister of Environment on January 30, 2023 after it was discovered he lied about his title in Business Administration.[10]

References
  1. Observador, El. "Adrián Peña asumió como ministro de Ambiente y se comprometió a "mejorar la confianza" en el agua potable". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  2. "Adrián Peña - Diario La República" (in European Spanish). 2017-06-01. Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  3. "Uruguay's new environment minister: "I want a ministry that it makes itself respected"". Dialogo Chino. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. Canelones, Hoy. "Adrián Peña (Destino Canelones-Vamos Uruguay) criticó a la interna colorada canaria". HOY CANELONES (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  5. "Integración de Senado y Diputados". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  6. ElPais. "Adrián Peña electo nuevo secretario general del Partido Colorado". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  7. "Mañana se lanza oficialmente la precandidatura de Ernesto Talvi". la diaria (in Spanish). 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  8. Observador, El. "Conocé a los 30 senadores del próximo período legislativo". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  9. "Adrián Peña | Sitio oficial de la República Oriental del Uruguay". www.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  10. "CNN en Español | Adrián Peña, ministro de Ambiente de Uruguay, reconoce que mintió respecto a su título y renuncia a su cargo". cnnespanol.cnn.com.
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