Omar Paganini

Omar Paganini
Omar Paganini in 2024
Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 November 2023
PresidentLuis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Preceded byFrancisco Bustillo
Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay
In office
1 March 2020 – 4 November 2023
PresidentLuis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Preceded byGuillermo Moncecchi
Succeeded byElisa Facio
Personal details
Born
Omar Ignacio Paganini Herrera

(1962-06-02) 2 June 1962 (age 62)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyNational Party
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
Catholic University of Uruguay
Occupation
  • Electrical engineer
  • academic
  • politician
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paganini and the second or maternal family name is Herrera.

Omar Ignacio Paganini Herrera (born 2 June 1962) is an Uruguayan electrical engineer, academic and politician of the National Party, serving as Minister of Foreign Relations since November 2023 under president Luis Lacalle Pou.[1] Previously, he served as Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining from March 2020 to November 2023.[2]

Graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Paganini obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Catholic University of Uruguay.[3] He also trained in Entrepreneurship at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, and in Negotiation by the Global PON program at Harvard University.[4]

  1. ^ Redacción. "Paganini será el nuevo canciller y Martinelli el ministro del Interior". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  2. ^ ElPais. "Uno a uno: así fue la asunción de los ministros del nuevo gabinete de Lacalle Pou". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. ^ ElPais. "El gabinete de Lacalle Pou: Omar Paganini será el ministro de Industria". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  4. ^ "Asumió Omar Paganini y destacó la competitividad como su principal desafío". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-22.