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Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon
Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon
	Gurméndez in 2020
President of the National Administration of Telecommunications
	In office; 17 June 2020 – 26 October 2023
Preceded by	Guillermo Iglesias
Succeeded by	Annabella Suburú
	In office; 25 April 2002 – 2004
Preceded by	Fernando Bracco
Succeeded by	Graciela Pérez Montero
Minister of Transport and Public Works
	In office; 15 July 2004 – 24 November 2004
President	Jorge Batlle
Preceded by	Lucio Cáceres
Succeeded by	Gabriel Pais
Personal details
Born	July 4, 1961 (age 63); Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party	Colorado Party
Occupation	Industrial engineer; business executive; politician;

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Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon (born July 4, 1961) is a Uruguayan industrial engineer, business executive and politician of the Colorado Party (PC), who served as president of the National Administration of Telecommunications from 2020 to 2023, and as Minister of Transport and Public Works in 2004.^[1]^[2]

Gurmendez was born in Montevideo within a family with long ties to the Colorado Party, and graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in electrical engineering, also obtaining diplomas in economics and business management. Throughout his professional career he has served in the management of numerous companies and business groups, such as the Cancún International Airport.

In the political sphere, he has served as a technical advisor in various government institutions, as well as president of the National Administration of Telecommunications and Minister of Transport and Public Works. Gurmendez was a candidate in the 2024 Colorado presidential primaries for president of Uruguay.^[3]

Early life and education

Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon was born in Montevideo on July 4, 1961, the eldest son of Máximo Gurméndez, a lawyer who served as minister of the Electoral Court and as ambassador to Mexico between 1985 and 1990, and Margarita Armand-Ugon, a mathematics teacher.^[4] His paternal grandfather was the diplomat Carlos María Gurméndez who, while serving as ambassador to the Netherlands during World War II, saved 25 Jewish families from the Nazis by granting them Uruguayan passports or appointing them to positions in the embassy.^[5]

He was raised in the Pocitos neighborhood of Montevideo and attended The British Schools.^[6] He graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in electrical engineering and earned a diploma in economics from the Montevideo Institute of Economics.^[7] He began to be politically active in the Colorado Party in his youth, campaigning for the "NO" option in the 1980 constitutional referendum.^[8] In 1981, during the civic-military dictatorship, he was under arrest for three days for distributing political material on the streets, considered by the regime as "subversive pamphlets".^[9]

Career

In 1993 he was employed in the financial administrative department of the textile company Sudamtex.^[10] However in 1994 he resigned to assume the position of general manager of Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. He led the construction of the Punta del Este International Airport, which he also managed for eight years.^[11] Between 2001 and 2002 he was president of the Tourism and Development League of Punta del Este.

In 2004 he was appointed as executive director of Cancún International Airport in Mexico, managed by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR).^[12] In that position he directed the expansion of Terminal 3, inaugurated by Mexican President Felipe Calderón in 2007, as well as the second runway and control tower project, which was one of the most ambitious investment programs for airport infrastructure in the country.^[13]

From 2015 to 2020 Gurméndez served as CEO of HRU S.A, the management company of the Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas and concessionaire of different racecourses in the country.^[14] In 2017 he became part of the board of directors of HRU S.A, as well as the Codere Uruguay Group, a business group of which he also served as country manager.^[15]^[16]

Political career

After the democratic transition he served as an advisor in different institutions, such as the Central Bank of Uruguay and the State Railways Administration.^[7] From 1990 to 1993 he served as a board member of the National Administration of Telecommunications (ANTEL) as a representative of the Colorado Party.^[17] In 2002, then-president Jorge Batlle appointed him president of ANTEL after the resignation of Fernando Bracco.^[18] He held the position until July 2004 when he was appointed Minister of Transport and Public Works, to succeed Lucio Cáceres.^[19]

In June 2020, he was appointed president of ANTEL, following the resignation of Guillermo Iglesias at the request of President Luis Lacalle Pou.^[20]

He resigned on October 26, 2023 to run for president of Uruguay in the 2024 presidential primaries.^[21]

References

^ "Gabriel Gurméndez". The Dialogue. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ Observador, El. "Gabriel Gurméndez, un comodín de Jorge Batlle que Lacalle Pou eligió para Antel". El Observador. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
^ "Gabriel Gurméndez busca su candidatura en el Partido Colorado". www.ambito.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ Natalevich, Martín. "El heredero de seis generaciones coloradas que Lacalle eligió para presidir Antel". El Observador. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
^ "Gabriel Gurméndez, Presidente de ANTEL y nieto del embajador que salvó judíos en la Shoá". Semanario Hebreo Jai (in Spanish). March 29, 2023. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
^ "Nuevo presidente de Antel: repasamos su carrera empresarial y política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Redacción. "Gobierno designó a Gabriel Gurméndez como presidente de Antel". El Observador. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ Colorado, Partido (May 3, 2021). "Gabriel Gurméndez: "En el interior profundo no tienen conectividad y acá tenemos lujos"". Partido Colorado (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Gurméndez buscó en los archivos de la dictadura y recordó cuando fue detenido con Batlle". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Gabriel Gurméndez es el nuevo presidente de Antel, así lo confirmó este miércoles el ministro de Industria". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). June 17, 2020. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Nuevo presidente de Antel: repasamos su carrera empresarial y política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Gabriel Gurméndez gerenciará en Cancún el aeropuerto de un amigo de Carlos Slim". LARED21 (in Spanish). November 25, 2004. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "El aeropuerto de Cancún a toda turbina". Expansión (in Spanish). December 10, 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Gabriel Gurméndez es el nuevo CEO de HRU". EL PAIS. April 30, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Gabriel Gurméndez es señalado por colorados como futuro candidato del partido". EL PAIS (in Spanish). January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Grupo Codere analiza posibles reestructuras en sus negocios de apuestas en Uruguay". EL PAIS. October 1, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ Grupo 180. "Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo presidente de Antel". www.180.com.uy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay - Secretaría de Prensa y Difusión". May 1, 2008. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ historico.espectador.com (July 6, 2004). "Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo ministro de Transporte". HISTORICO.ESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ diaria, la (June 17, 2020). "Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo presidente de Antel". la diaria (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ "Gurméndez renunció a Antel: "Cumplimos con el mandato inicial, poner a la empresa al servicio de la gente"". EL PAIS (in Spanish). October 26, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

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[1] "Gabriel Gurméndez". The Dialogue. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[2] Observador, El. "Gabriel Gurméndez, un comodín de Jorge Batlle que Lacalle Pou eligió para Antel". El Observador. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

[3] "Gabriel Gurméndez busca su candidatura en el Partido Colorado". www.ambito.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[4] Natalevich, Martín. "El heredero de seis generaciones coloradas que Lacalle eligió para presidir Antel". El Observador. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

[5] "Gabriel Gurméndez, Presidente de ANTEL y nieto del embajador que salvó judíos en la Shoá". Semanario Hebreo Jai (in Spanish). March 29, 2023. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

[6] "Nuevo presidente de Antel: repasamos su carrera empresarial y política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[:0-7] Redacción. "Gobierno designó a Gabriel Gurméndez como presidente de Antel". El Observador. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[8] Colorado, Partido (May 3, 2021). "Gabriel Gurméndez: "En el interior profundo no tienen conectividad y acá tenemos lujos"". Partido Colorado (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[9] "Gurméndez buscó en los archivos de la dictadura y recordó cuando fue detenido con Batlle". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[10] "Gabriel Gurméndez es el nuevo presidente de Antel, así lo confirmó este miércoles el ministro de Industria". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). June 17, 2020. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[11] "Nuevo presidente de Antel: repasamos su carrera empresarial y política". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[12] "Gabriel Gurméndez gerenciará en Cancún el aeropuerto de un amigo de Carlos Slim". LARED21 (in Spanish). November 25, 2004. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[13] "El aeropuerto de Cancún a toda turbina". Expansión (in Spanish). December 10, 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[14] "Gabriel Gurméndez es el nuevo CEO de HRU". EL PAIS. April 30, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[15] "Gabriel Gurméndez es señalado por colorados como futuro candidato del partido". EL PAIS (in Spanish). January 24, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[16] "Grupo Codere analiza posibles reestructuras en sus negocios de apuestas en Uruguay". EL PAIS. October 1, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[17] Grupo 180. "Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo presidente de Antel". www.180.com.uy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[18] "Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay - Secretaría de Prensa y Difusión". May 1, 2008. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[19] storico.espectador.com (July 6, 2004). "Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo ministro de Transporte". HISTORICO.ESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[20] ria, la (June 17, 2020). "Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo presidente de Antel". la diaria (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[21] "Gurméndez renunció a Antel: "Cumplimos con el mandato inicial, poner a la empresa al servicio de la gente"". EL PAIS (in Spanish). October 26, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

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+'''Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon''' (born July 4, 1961) is a Uruguayan industrial engineer, business executive and politician of the [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] (PC), who served as president of the [[ANTEL|National Administration of Telecommunications]] from 2020 to 2023, and as [[Ministry of Transport and Public Works (Uruguay)|Minister of Transport and Public Works]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabriel Gurméndez |url=https://www.thedialogue.org/experts/gabriel-gurmendez/?lang=es |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=The Dialogue |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Observador |first=El |title=Gabriel Gurméndez, un comodín de Jorge Batlle que Lacalle Pou eligió para Antel |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/gabriel-gurmendez-un-comodin-de-jorge-batlle-que-lacalle-pou-eligio-para-antel-20206172120 |access-date=2021-10-29 |website=El Observador}}</ref>
+Gurmendez was born in [[Montevideo]] within a family with long ties to the Colorado Party, and graduated from the [[University of the Republic (Uruguay)|University of the Republic]] with a degree in [[electrical engineering]], also obtaining diplomas in economics and business management. Throughout his professional career he has served in the management of numerous companies and business groups, such as the [[Cancún International Airport]].
-'''Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon''' (c.1961-) is an [[Uruguayan]] industrial engineer, business executive and government figure.
+In the political sphere, he has served as a technical advisor in various government institutions, as well as president of the [[ANTEL|National Administration of Telecommunications]] and [[Ministry of Transport and Public Works (Uruguay)|Minister of Transport and Public Works]]. Gurmendez was a candidate in the [[2024 Uruguayan presidential primaries|2024 Colorado presidential primaries]] for [[president of Uruguay]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabriel Gurméndez busca su candidatura en el Partido Colorado |url=https://www.ambito.com/uruguay/gabriel-gurmendez-busca-su-candidatura-el-partido-colorado-n5777616 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002211836/https://www.ambito.com/uruguay/gabriel-gurmendez-busca-su-candidatura-el-partido-colorado-n5777616 |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=www.ambito.com |language=es-UY}}</ref>
-==Background==
+== Early life and education ==
-He studied [[Industrial Engineering]] in [[Montevideo]]. He served as head of a number of large companies, including the [[Uruguayan]] telecommunications company ANTEL.
+Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon was born in [[Montevideo]] on July 4, 1961, the eldest son of Máximo Gurméndez, a lawyer who served as minister of the [[Electoral Court of Uruguay|Electoral Court]] and as ambassador to Mexico between 1985 and 1990, and Margarita Armand-Ugon, a mathematics teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Natalevich |first=Martín |title=El heredero de seis generaciones coloradas que Lacalle eligió para presidir Antel |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/el-heredero-de-seis-generaciones-coloradas-que-lacalle-eligio-para-presidir-antel-20227158340 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002211801/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/el-heredero-de-seis-generaciones-coloradas-que-lacalle-eligio-para-presidir-antel-20227158340 |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=El Observador}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was the diplomat Carlos María Gurméndez who, while serving as ambassador to the Netherlands during [[World War II]], saved 25 Jewish families from the Nazis by granting them [[Uruguayan passport|Uruguayan passports]] or appointing them to positions in the embassy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez, Presidente de ANTEL y nieto del embajador que salvó judíos en la Shoá |url=https://www.semanariohebreojai.com//articulo/6685 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727211037/https://www.semanariohebreojai.com/articulo/6685 |archive-date=2023-07-27 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Semanario Hebreo Jai |language=Spanish}}</ref>
+He was raised in the [[Pocitos]] neighborhood of Montevideo and attended [[The British Schools of Montevideo|The British Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuevo presidente de Antel: repasamos su carrera empresarial y política |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Nuevo-presidente-de-Antel-repasamos-su-carrera-empresarial-y-politica-uc755979 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of the Republic (Uruguay)|University of the Republic]] with a degree in [[electrical engineering]] and earned a diploma in economics from the Montevideo Institute of Economics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Redacción |title=Gobierno designó a Gabriel Gurméndez como presidente de Antel |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/gobierno-designo-a-gabriel-gurmendez-como-presidente-de-antel-2020617173312 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031015728/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/gobierno-designo-a-gabriel-gurmendez-como-presidente-de-antel-2020617173312 |archive-date=2021-10-31 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=El Observador}}</ref> He began to be politically active in the [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] in his youth, campaigning for the "NO" option in the [[1980 Uruguayan constitutional referendum|1980 constitutional referendum]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colorado |first=Partido |date=2021-05-03 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez: "En el interior profundo no tienen conectividad y acá tenemos lujos" |url=https://partidocolorado.uy/gabriel-gurmendez-en-el-interior-profundo-no-tienen-conectividad-y-aca-tenemos-lujos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504042302/https://partidocolorado.uy/gabriel-gurmendez-en-el-interior-profundo-no-tienen-conectividad-y-aca-tenemos-lujos/ |archive-date=2021-05-04 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Partido Colorado |language=es}}</ref> In 1981, during the [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|civic-military dictatorship]], he was under arrest for three days for distributing political material on the streets, considered by the regime as "subversive pamphlets".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gurméndez buscó en los archivos de la dictadura y recordó cuando fue detenido con Batlle |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Gurmendez-busco-en-los-archivos-de-la-dictadura-y-recordo-cuando-fue-detenido-con-Batlle-uc857165 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}</ref>
-Gurméndez also served as General Manager of [[Laguna del Sauce International Airport|Punta del Este International Airport]] (Laguna del Sauce International Airport), [[Uruguay]].
+== Career ==
-==Minister of Transport and Public Works==
+In 1993 he was employed in the financial administrative department of the textile company Sudamtex.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-17 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez es el nuevo presidente de Antel, así lo confirmó este miércoles el ministro de Industria |url=https://www.teledoce.com/telemundo/nacionales/gabriel-gurmendez-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-antel-asi-lo-confirmo-este-miercoles-el-ministro-de-industria/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221123/https://www.teledoce.com/telemundo/nacionales/gabriel-gurmendez-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-antel-asi-lo-confirmo-este-miercoles-el-ministro-de-industria/ |archive-date=2020-10-21 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Teledoce.com |language=es-UY}}</ref> However in 1994 he resigned to assume the position of general manager of Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. He led the construction of the [[Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport|Punta del Este International Airport]], which he also managed for eight years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuevo presidente de Antel: repasamos su carrera empresarial y política |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Nuevo-presidente-de-Antel-repasamos-su-carrera-empresarial-y-politica-uc755979 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2002 he was president of the Tourism and Development League of Punta del Este.
+In 2004 he was appointed as executive director of [[Cancún International Airport]] in Mexico, managed by [[Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste]] (ASUR).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-25 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez gerenciará en Cancún el aeropuerto de un amigo de Carlos Slim |url=https://www.lr21.com.uy/politica/160800-gabriel-gurmendez-gerenciara-en-cancun-el-aeropuerto-de-un-amigo-de-carlos-slim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622231450/https://www.lr21.com.uy/politica/160800-gabriel-gurmendez-gerenciara-en-cancun-el-aeropuerto-de-un-amigo-de-carlos-slim |archive-date=2021-06-22 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=LARED21 |language=es}}</ref> In that position he directed the expansion of Terminal 3, inaugurated by Mexican President [[Felipe Calderón]] in 2007, as well as the second runway and control tower project, which was one of the most ambitious investment programs for airport infrastructure in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-12-10 |title=El aeropuerto de Cancún a toda turbina |url=https://expansion.mx/obras/arquitectura-y-construccion/el-aeropuerto-de-cancun-a-toda-turbina |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125171954/https://expansion.mx/obras/arquitectura-y-construccion/el-aeropuerto-de-cancun-a-toda-turbina |archive-date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Expansión |language=es}}</ref>
-From mid- to late-2004 Gurméndez served as [[Uruguayan]] Minister of Transport and Public Works. He thus participated in the government of President [[Jorge Batlle]] <ref> Forbes Profile, Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon [http://people.forbes.com/profile/gabriel-gurmendez-armand-ugon/38503] </ref>.
+From 2015 to 2020 Gurméndez served as CEO of HRU S.A, the management company of the [[Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas]] and concessionaire of different racecourses in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-30 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez es el nuevo CEO de HRU |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/negocios/empresas/gabriel-gurmendez-es-el-nuevo-ceo-de-hru |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=EL PAIS |language=en}}</ref> In 2017 he became part of the board of directors of HRU S.A, as well as the Codere Uruguay Group, a business group of which he also served as country manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-24 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez es señalado por colorados como futuro candidato del partido |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/gabriel-gurmendez-es-senalado-por-colorados-como-futuro-candidato-del-partido |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=EL PAIS |language=es-UY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-01 |title=Grupo Codere analiza posibles reestructuras en sus negocios de apuestas en Uruguay |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/negocios/noticias/grupo-codere-analiza-posibles-reestructuras-en-sus-negocios-de-apuestas-en-uruguay |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=EL PAIS |language=en}}</ref>
-==Later career==
+== Political career ==
-Subsequently Gurméndez moved to Mexico in late 2004. He served as Chief Executive of [[Cancún]] International Airport.
+[[File:Lanzamiento de campaña de Gabriel Gurméndez 2024.jpg|thumb|Gurméndez campaign launch]]
+After the democratic transition he served as an advisor in different institutions, such as the [[Central Bank of Uruguay]] and the [[State Railways Administration of Uruguay|State Railways Administration]].<ref name=":0" /> From 1990 to 1993 he served as a board member of the [[ANTEL|National Administration of Telecommunications]] (ANTEL) as a representative of the Colorado Party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grupo 180 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo presidente de Antel |url=https://www.180.com.uy/articulo/83415_gabriel-gurmendez-sera-el-nuevo-presidente-de-antel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121185543/https://www.180.com.uy/articulo/83415_gabriel-gurmendez-sera-el-nuevo-presidente-de-antel |archive-date=2023-01-21 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=www.180.com.uy |language=es-UY}}</ref> In 2002, then-president [[Jorge Batlle]] appointed him president of ANTEL after the resignation of Fernando Bracco.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-01 |title=Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay - Secretaría de Prensa y Difusión |url=http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/noticias/archivo/2002/abril/2002042516.htm |access-date=2023-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501004532/http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/noticias/archivo/2002/abril/2002042516.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2008 }}</ref> He held the position until July 2004 when he was appointed [[Ministry of Transport and Public Works (Uruguay)|Minister of Transport and Public Works]], to succeed Lucio Cáceres.<ref>{{Cite web |last=historico.espectador.com |date=2004-07-06 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo ministro de Transporte |url=http://historico.espectador.com/politica/21417/gabriel-gurmendez-sera-el-nuevo-ministro-de-transporte |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=HISTORICO.ESPECTADOR.COM |language=es}}</ref>
+In June 2020, he was appointed president of ANTEL, following the resignation of Guillermo Iglesias at the request of President [[Luis Lacalle Pou]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=diaria |first=la |date=2020-06-17 |title=Gabriel Gurméndez será el nuevo presidente de Antel |url=https://ladiaria.com.uy/politica/articulo/2020/6/gabriel-gurmendez-sera-el-nuevo-presidente-de-antel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323022329/https://ladiaria.com.uy/politica/articulo/2020/6/gabriel-gurmendez-sera-el-nuevo-presidente-de-antel/ |archive-date=2023-03-23 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=la diaria |language=es-UY}}</ref>
-==See also==
+He resigned on October 26, 2023 to run for president of Uruguay in the [[2024 Uruguayan presidential primaries|2024 presidential primaries]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Gurméndez renunció a Antel: "Cumplimos con el mandato inicial, poner a la empresa al servicio de la gente" |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/gurmendez-renuncio-a-antel-cumplimos-con-el-mandato-inicial-poner-a-la-empresa-al-servicio-de-la-gente |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=EL PAIS |language=es-UY}}</ref>
-* [[Politics of Uruguay]]
+== References ==
-* [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)]]
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