Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)

The Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for the coordination of national education, the promotion of the country's cultural development, the preservation of the nation's artistic, historical and cultural heritage, as well as innovation, science and technology and the promotion and strengthening of the validity of human rights. It is also responsible for the development of the state communication multimedia system and for promoting the digitized access of the entire population to information.

Ministry of Education and Culture
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
Ministry overview
Formed26 February 1848 (1848-02-26)
JurisdictionUruguay
HeadquartersMontevideo
Minister responsible
Parent departmentGovernment of Uruguay
WebsiteEducation and Culture

It is also responsible for the formulation and coordination of policies regarding the judicial defense of the interests of the State and for ensuring the necessary information for the correct application of the law. The Ministry is headquartered in the Reconquista Street in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. The current Minister of Education and Culture is Pablo Da Silveira, who has held the position since 1 March 2020.[1]

History

The first record of a public body for the administration of education dates from 26 February 1848 with the creation of the Institute of Public Instruction. This institute had executive, technical, and administrative powers. A year later, the University of the Republic was founded, which had among its missions, teaching at all levels, a fact that was never put into practice. In 1891, a cabinet reshuffle was made, becoming the newly created Ministry of Development responsible for the administration of public education.

On 12 March 1907, then President Claudio Williman made a new cabinet reshuffle, dividing the Ministry of Development into the "Ministry of Public Works" on the one hand and the Ministers of Industry, Work and Public Instruction on the other.

In the second presidency of José Batlle y Ordóñez another cabinet reshuffle of the ministries takes place, so on 4 March 1912 the Ministry of Justice and Public Instruction is constituted. Subsequently, on 19 March 1936 the then de facto president Gabriel Terra called him Ministry of Public Instruction and Social Prevision.

In 1967 it receives a new denomination, it began to be called Ministry of Culture, but finally in 1970 it obtained the current denomination of Ministry of Education and Culture.

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List of Ministers of Education and Culture

List of Ministers of Education and Culture of Uruguay since 1884 (under its various naming):

Ministers of Justice, Culte and Public Instruction
MinisterPeriod
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas1884–1886
Aureliano Rodríguez Larreta1886
Marcelino Berthelot1886–1887
Duvimioso Terra1886–1888
Martín Beragunde1886–1890
Ministers of Promotion
MinisterPeriod
Juan Alberto Capurro1891–1893
Juan José Castro1894–1897
Jacobo A. Varela1897–1899
Carlos María De Pena1899
Gregorio L. Rodríguez1899–1901
José Serrato1903–1904
Juan Alberto Capurro1903–1906
Ministers of Industry, Work and Public Instruction
MinisterPeriod
Gabriel Terra1907–1911
José Batlle y Ordoñez1911
Ministers of Justice and Public Instruction
MinisterPeriod
Baltasar Brum1913–1914
Pablo Blanco Acevedo1922–1924
Carlos María Prando1925–1927
Santín Carlos Rossi1929
Andrés F. Puyol1933
Horacio Abadie Santos1933–1934
José Otamendi1934–1935
Ministers of Public Instruction and Social Prevision
MinisterPeriod
Martín R. Echegoyen1935–1936
Eduardo Víctor Haedo1936–1938
Luis Mattiauda1943–1946
Juan Carbajal Victorica1946–1947
Francisco Forteza1947–1948
Oscar Secco Ellauri1948–1951
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo1951–1952
Justino Zavala Muniz1952–1955
Renán Rodríguez1955–1956
Clemente Ruggia1956–1959
Eduardo Pons Etcheverry1959–1963
Juan E. Pivel Devoto1963–1967
Ministers of Culture
MinisterPeriod
Luis Hierro Gambardella1967–1968
Alba Roballo1968–1969
Federico García Capurro1969–1970
Ministers of Education and Culture
MinisterPeriod
Carlos M. Fleitas1970–1971
Ángel Rath1971–1972
Julio María Sanguinetti1972–1973
José María Robaina Ansó1973
Edmundo Narancio¹1973–1975
Daniel Darracq¹1975–1981
Raquel Lombardo de De Betolaza¹1981–1983
Juan Bautista Schroeder Otero¹1983–1984
Armando López Scavino¹1984–1985
Adela Reta1985–1990
Guillermo García Costa1990–1993
Antonio Mercader1993–1995
Samuel Lichtensztejn1995–1998
Yamandú Fau1998–2000
Antonio Mercader2000–2002
Leonardo Guzmán2002–2004
José Amorín Batlle2004–2005
Jorge Brovetto2005–2008
María Simón2008–2010
Ricardo Ehrlich2010–2015
María Julia Muñoz2015 – 2020
Pablo Da Silveira 2020 – Incumbent

References

  1. "Nuevos secretarios de Estado firmaron Libro de Actas ante el flamante presidente, Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". www.presidencia.gub.uy. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "mec · historia". 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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