17 Notable alumni of
Catholic University of Uruguay
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The Catholic University of Uruguay is 2524th in the world, 116th in Latin America, and 2nd in Uruguay by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from the Catholic University of Uruguay sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Luis Lacalle Pou
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- attorney at lawlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou, is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, who served as the 42nd president of Uruguay from 2020 to 2025.
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Guido Manini Ríos
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- historianmilitary personnelpolitician
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Guido Manini Ríos Stratta is an Uruguayan politician and retired general officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, serving in this post from 1 February 2015 until being sacked by the president on 12 March 2019.
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Juan Pablo Rebella
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- painterscreenwriterfilm director
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Juan Pablo Rebella was a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.
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Carolina Ache Batlle
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- lawyerpolitician
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Carolina Ache Batlle is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the Colorado Party who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations from 1 March 2020 to 19 December 2022. She was a candidate in the 2024 Colorado presidential primaries for president of Uruguay.
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Álvaro Brechner
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- screenwriterdocumentary filmmakerfilm directoropera directorfilm producer
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Álvaro Brechner is a Spanish-Uruguayan film director, screenwriter and producer based in Madrid. He won the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Twelve-Year Night (2018).
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Irene Moreira
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- lawyerpolitician
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Irene Renée Moreira Fernández is a Uruguayan lawyer, rural businesswoman and politician of Open Cabildo (CA) who served as Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay from March 1, 2020 to May 5, 2023.
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Manuela da Silveira
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- television presenter
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María Manuela da Silveira Baliño is a Uruguayan actress, comedian and television host.
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Cecilia Curbelo
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- writerjournalisteditorscreenwriter
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Cecilia Curbelo, also known as Ceci, is an Uruguayan journalist, columnist, writer and publishing.
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Carmen Sanguinetti
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- politicianactivist
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Carmen Sanguinetti Masjuan is a Uruguayan politician of the Colorado Party (PC), who served as Senator of the Republic in the 49th Legislature.
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Pablo Stoll
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- painterscreenwriterfilm director
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Pablo Stoll is a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.
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Viviana Ruggiero
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- journalistannouncer
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Viviana Ruggiero González is a Uruguayan journalist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. She is currently a co-anchor of Telenoche, Channel 4's news programme, and the presenter of Todas las voces.
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Omar Paganini
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- politicianelectrical engineer
- Biography
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Omar Ignacio Paganini Herrera is an Uruguayan electrical engineer, academic and politician of the National Party, serving as Minister of Foreign Relations from 6 November 2023 to 1 March 2025 under president Luis Lacalle Pou. Previously, he served as Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining from March 2020 to November 2023.
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Hugo Burel
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- journalistwriter
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José Hugo Burel Guerra, is a Uruguay journalist and author.
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Federico Veiroj
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
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Federico Veiroj is a Uruguayan film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
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Valentín Trujillo
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- writerjournalistuniversity teachercolumnist
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Valentín Trujillo is an Uruguayan writer. He was born in Maldonado in 1979. He studied cinema at the Cinemateca Uruguaya and journalism at the Universidad Católica. In 2005, he started working as a journalist for El Observador newspaper in Montevideo. In 2007, he won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa Juan José Morosoli for his book of short stories Jaula de costillas. He contributed a story in an anthology titled Sobrenatural, published in 2012 by Estuario Editora. His second book of stories is titled Entre los jíbaros. He has also published a biography of the Uruguayan scholar Carlos Real de Azúa.
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César Bianchi
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- presenterwriterjournalist
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César Bianchi is a Uruguayan communicator, presenter, journalist, teacher and writer.
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Natalia Mardero
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of Uruguay
- Studied in 1994-1998
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Natalia Mardero is a Uruguayan writer and journalist.
