Carolina Ache Batlle

Carolina Ache Batlle (born 19 November 1980) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the Colorado Party, serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations since 1 March 2020.[1]

Carolina Ache Batlle
Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations
Assumed office
1 March 2020
PresidentLuis Lacalle Pou
Preceded byAriel Bergamino
Personal details
Born
Carolina Ache Batlle

(1980-11-19) 19 November 1980
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyColorado Party
Spouse(s)Tomás Romay
Children2
Alma materCatholic University of Uruguay
University of Bologna

Biography

Born into a political family in Montevideo, Ache Batlle graduated from the Catholic University of Uruguay in 2005 with a law degree. After graduating, she obtained a master's degree in International Law at the University of Bologna. Also, in 2007 she completed a technical degree in foreign trade at the Mercosur Technical Institute.[2] In 2006 she carried out a curricular internship at the European Commission in Milan,[3] and from 2008 to 2010, she worked in the Legal and Compliance Department of Banco Santander in Geneva, Switzerland.[2] She is the great-niece of former President Jorge Batlle Ibáñez.[4]

Political career

Ache first competed in the Colorado youth elections in 2007.[5] From 2015 to 2019, she was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Colorado Party and held the position of its Human Rights Prosecutor.[6] In the 2014 presidential primaries, she participated as a member of the group Vamos Adelante, founded a year earlier.[7]

In 2018, Ache was a founding member of Ciudadanos, a faction of the Colorado Party led by Ernesto Talvi. In 2019 she was reelected as a member of the National Executive Committee of her party, and in the presidential primaries of that year she was the most voted woman in her political sector.[8] For the runoff of the general election, she supported the formula of Luis Lacalle Pou-Beatriz Argimón, as a member of the Coalición Multicolor.[9]

Once Lacalle's victory was known, Ache was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations by the president-elect,[10] on December 16, 2019; she would accompany Ernesto Talvi, who was appointed Minister.[11] She took office on March 1, 2020,[1] becoming the second woman to hold the position, after Belela Herrera.[12] In June, Talvi announced his intention to step down as minister,[13] which was made official on July 1.[14] After much speculation, it was announced that Ambassador Francisco Bustillo would replace Talvi at the head of the Foreign Ministry.[15] Despite the change of minister, Ache was retained in office by President Lacalle Pou on July 6.[16]

See also

References
  1. ElPais. "Uno a uno: así fue la asunción de los ministros del nuevo gabinete de Lacalle Pou". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. "Ernesto Talvi asumió como canciller: "Es un honor asumir esta responsabilidad"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. ""Lamentablemente las cosas pasaron como pasaron, pero mi compromiso se mantiene"". Revista Galeria de Busqueda en Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. "Carolina Ache Batlle: "Batlle fue un hombre sumamente generoso"". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. "Las nuevas dirigentes". Revista Galeria de Busqueda en Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. "Carolina Ache Batlle". Partido Colorado (in Spanish). 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  7. historico.espectador.com. "Carolina Ache : "Cuando hay arte callejero no lo toco"". HISTORICO.ESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  8. "La dirigente más votada de Talvi dijo que la fórmula "no tiene por qué ser paritaria"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  9. "Para Carolina Ache Batlle, la gran mayoría de los colorados se volcará hacia la coalición del cambio". La Mañana (in Spanish). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  10. Observador, El. "Carolina Ache será la viceministra de Relaciones Exteriores". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  11. Observador, El. "Uno a uno: quiénes son los integrantes del gabinete de Lacalle Pou". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  12. cronicas (2020-05-15). "Carolina Ache: "Nos alejaremos de la ideología y nos apegaremos a principios de política exterior de Estado"". Crónicas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  13. Observador, El. "Semántica, apoyo insuficiente y ansias de más protagonismo llevaron a Talvi a activar plan que pensaba hace un mes". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  14. Observador, El. "Talvi presentó su renuncia: "Nada más lejos de mi intención que ser un obstáculo"". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  15. Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Francisco Bustillo será el nuevo canciller de Uruguay - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  16. Canal. "Lacalle Pou ratificó a Carolina Ache como subsecretaria en la Cancillería". www.telenoche.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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