Alejandro Végh Villegas
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Alejandro Végh Villegas (17 October 1928 – 13 March 2017) was a Uruguayan politician.[1]
Background
Villegas was born in Brussels. His great-grandfather Sándor Végh was a Hungarian military officer who migrated to Uruguay in the mid-19th century.[2] And his mother was a great-grandchild of President Joaquín Suárez.
He has been a prominent business leader in Uruguay. His father, Carlos Végh Garzón, was Economy Minister in 1967.
Public offices
He served as Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1985.[3]
In between these periods of office, he also served as Uruguayan Ambassador to the United States from 1982 to 1983.
Personal life
He was married to Suzanne Gramont in 1954. His only son, Carlos A. Vegh, was born in 1958, and is an academic economist.
See also
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- 1928 births
- 2017 deaths
- Uruguayan people of Hungarian descent
- Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
- Ministers of economy and finance of Uruguay
- Politicians from Brussels
- Ambassadors of Uruguay to the United States
- Uruguayan industrial engineers
- Uruguayan economists
- University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Directors of the Office of Planning and Budgeting of Uruguay