Armed Forces of Uruguay

Armed Forces of Uruguay
Fuerzas armadas del Uruguay (Spanish)
Coat of Arms of Uruguay
Founded1828
Service branches National Army of Uruguay
 National Navy of Uruguay
 Uruguayan Air Force
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay
Leadership
President of the RepublicLuis Lacalle Pou
Ministry of National DefenseArmando Castaingdebat
Chief of the Defence StaffRodolfo Pereyra Martínez
Personnel
Military age18-49
Available for
military service
831,297, age 15–49 (2003 est.)
Fit for
military service
672,030, age 15–49 (2003 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
(2003 est.)
Active personnel24,000 (2001[1])
Expenditure
Budget$492 million (2008)
Percent of GDP2.3% (2020)[2]
Industry
Foreign suppliers Argentina
 Brazil
 Canada
 Israel
 Russia
 United States
Related articles
RanksRanks of the Armed Forces of Uruguay

The Armed Forces of Uruguay (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay) consist of the National Army of Uruguay, the National Navy of Uruguay, and the Uruguayan Air Force. These three independent branches are constitutionally subordinate to the President of the Republic through the Minister of Defense. The government has trimmed the armed forces to about 16,800 for the Army; 6,000 for the Navy; and 3,000 for the Air Force. As of February 2003, Uruguay has more than 2,500 soldiers deployed on 12 UN Peacekeeping missions. The largest groups are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. There is also a 58-man contingent in the MFO in the Sinai.[3]

  1. ^ IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies), 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Op. cit. Nationmaster.com, 2008. [1] Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
  2. ^ "Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product, 1988-2020" (PDF). SIPRI. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-05.
  3. ^ "MFO - the Multinational Force & Observers". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-02.