Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)

Ministry of Education and CultureMinisterio de Educación y Cultura

Headquarters of the Ministry of Education
Ministry overview
Formed| 26 February 1848 (1848-02-26)
Jurisdiction| Government of Uruguay
Headquarters| Montevideo
Minister responsible|

* Pablo Da Silveira

Website| Education and Culture

The Ministry of Education and Culture (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura) 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.

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

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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

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List of ministers of education and culture of Uruguay since 1884 (under its various naming):

Ministers of Justice, Culte and Public Instruction

Minister | Period
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas | 1884–1886
Aureliano Rodríguez Larreta | 1886
Marcelino Berthelot | 1886–1887
Duvimioso Terra | 1886–1888
Martín Beragunde | 1886–1890
Ministers of Promotion

Minister | Period
Juan Alberto Capurro | 1891–1893
Juan José Castro | 1894–1897
Jacobo A. Varela | 1897–1899
Carlos María De Pena | 1899
Gregorio L. Rodríguez | 1899–1901
José Serrato | 1903–1904
Juan Alberto Capurro | 1903–1906
Ministers of Industry, Work and Public Instruction

Minister | Period
Gabriel Terra | 1907–1911
José Batlle y Ordoñez | 1911
Ministers of Justice and Public Instruction

Minister | Period
Baltasar Brum | 1913–1914
Pablo Blanco Acevedo | 1922–1924
Carlos María Prando | 1925–1927
Santín Carlos Rossi | 1929
Andrés F. Puyol | 1933
Horacio Abadie Santos | 1933–1934
José Otamendi | 1934–1935
Ministers of Public Instruction and Social Prevision

Minister | Period
Martín R. Echegoyen | 1935–1936
Eduardo Víctor Haedo | 1936–1938
Luis Mattiauda | 1943–1946
Juan Carbajal Victorica | 1946–1947
Francisco Forteza | 1947–1948
Oscar Secco Ellauri | 1948–1951
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo | 1951–1952
Justino Zavala Muniz | 1952–1955
Renán Rodríguez | 1955–1956
Clemente Ruggia | 1956–1959
Eduardo Pons Etcheverry | 1959–1963
Juan E. Pivel Devoto | 1963–1967
Ministers of Culture

Minister | Period
Luis Hierro Gambardella | 1967–1968
Alba Roballo | 1968–1969
Federico García Capurro | 1969–1970
Ministers of Education and Culture

Minister | Period
Carlos M. Fleitas | 1970–1971
Ángel Rath | 1971–1972
Julio María Sanguinetti | 1972–1973
José María Robaina Ansó | 1973
Edmundo Narancio¹ | 1973–1975
Daniel Darracq¹ | 1975–1981
Raquel Lombardo de De Betolaza¹ | 1981–1983
Juan Bautista Schroeder Otero¹ | 1983–1984
Armando López Scavino¹ | 1984–1985
Adela Reta | 1985–1990
Guillermo García Costa | 1990–1993
Antonio Mercader | 1993–1995
Samuel Lichtensztejn | 1995–1998
Yamandú Fau | 1998–2000
Antonio Mercader | 2000–2002
Leonardo Guzmán | 2002–2004
José Amorín Batlle | 2004–2005
Jorge Brovetto | 2005–2008
María Simón | 2008–2010
Ricardo Ehrlich | 2010–2015
María Julia Muñoz | 2015 – 2020
Pablo Da Silveira | 2020 – Incumbent

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture (in Spanish only)

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* ISNI

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