# Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (Uruguay)

The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (Spanish: Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería, MIEM) of Uruguay is a ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for formulating and promoting the industrial, energy and mining policies of the country.
The Ministry is headquartered in the Paysandú Street in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining from November 2023 was Elisa Facio who succeeded Omar Paganini.

## History

In 1907, from the Ministry of Development, the President of the Republic Claudio Williman decided to create the Ministry of Industries, Labor and Public Instruction, it was responsible for livestock, agriculture, police, animal health, Immigration and colonization. The prime minister was Gabriel Terra.
In 1911, the name was changed to the Ministry of Industries, Labor and Communications and in 1935, after a reorganization of the Ministry, he began to take responsibility for Industry and Labor, until in 1967 his name was changed to the Ministry of Industries and Commerce . In 1974, in another reorganization process it was renamed Ministry of Industries and Energy, until in 1991 it received its current structure and was renamed Ministry of Industries, Energy and Mining.

## List of ministers of industry, energy and mining

| Minister | Party | Began | End |
| Ministers of Industry and Trade ||||
| Julio Lacarte Muró | Colorado Party | 1967 | 1967 |
| Zelmar Michelini | Colorado Party | 1967 | 1967 |
| Horacio Abadie Santos | Colorado Party | 1967 | 1968 |
| Santiago de Brum Carbajal | Colorado Party | 1968 | 1968 |
| Jorge Peirano Facio | Colorado Party | 1968 | 1969 |
| Venancio Flores | Civic Union | 1969 | 1969 |
| Julio María Sanguinetti | Colorado Party | 1969 | 1971 |
| Juan Pedro Amestoy | Without known affiliation | 1971 | 1972 |
| Jorge Echeverría Leúnda | Without known affiliation | 1972 | 1972 |
| Luis Balparda Blengio | National Party | 1972 | 1973 |
| Jorge Presno Harán | National Party | 1973 | 1973 |
| Ministers of Industry and Energy ||||
| José Etcheverry Stirling¹ | National Party | 1973 | 1974 |
| Adolfo Cardoso Guani¹ | Without known affiliation | 1974 | 1976 |
| Luis Heriberto Meyer¹ | Without known affiliation | 1976 | 1980 |
| Francisco Tourreilles¹ | Without known affiliation | 1980 | 1982 |
| Walter Lusiardo Aznárez¹ | Without known affiliation | 1982 | 1982 |
| Juan Chiarino Rossi¹ | Without known affiliation | 1982 | 1984 |
| Carlos Pirán | Colorado Party | 1985 | 1986 |
| Jorge Presno Harán | National Party | 1986 | 1990 |
| Ministers of Industry, Energy and Mining ||||
| Augusto Montesdeoca | Colorado Party | 1990 | 1992 |
| Eduardo Ache | Colorado Party | 1992 | 1994 |
| Miguel Ángel Galán | National Party | 1994 | 1995 |
| Federico Slinger | Civic Union | 1995 | 1996 |
| Julio Herrera | Colorado Party | 1996 | 2000 |
| Primavera Garbarino | Colorado Party | 2000 | 2000 |
| Sergio Abreu | National Party | 2000 | 2002 |
| Pedro Bordaberry | Colorado Party | 2002 | 2003 |
| José Villar | Colorado Party | 2003 | 2005 |
| Jorge Lepra | Independent | 2005 | 2008 |
| Daniel Martínez | Broad Front | 2008 | 2009 |
| Raúl Fernando Sendic | Broad Front | 2009 | 2010 |
| Roberto Kreimerman | Broad Front | 2010 | 2014 |
| Edgardo Ortuño (Acting) | Broad Front | 2014 | 2014 |
| Roberto Kreimerman | Broad Front | 2014 | 2014 |
| Edgardo Ortuño | Broad Front | 2014 | 2015 |
| Carolina Cosse | Broad Front | 2015 | 2019 |
| Guillermo Moncecchi | Broad Front | 2019 | 2020 |
| Omar Paganini | National Party | 2020 | Nov 2023 |
| Elisa Facio | National Party | Nov 2023 | incumbent |
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¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973-1985).