# Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries

The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (Spanish: Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca) of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on agricultural, livestock and fishery resources. The ministry is also responsible for the permanent development of the agricultural, agroindustrial and fisheries sectors, promoting their insertion in both regional and extra-regional external markets, based on the management and sustainable use of natural resources.
This government department is headquartered in Constituyente Road in Barrio Cordón, Montevideo. The current Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries is Fernando Mattos Costa, who has held the position since June 27, 2021.

## Creation

On March 19, 1935, after the dissolution of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industries and Labor and the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture were created through the approval of Law No. 9,463. On July 11, 1974, its name was modified to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. It is not until April 1986 that it received the current name.

## List of ministers

| Minister | Party | Period |
| Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture |||
| Arturo González Vidart | National Independent Party | 1943–1945 |
| Gustavo Gallinal | National Independent Party | 1946 |
| Aquiles Espalter | Colorado Party | 1947 |
| Luis Alberto Brause | Colorado Party | 1948–1949 |
| Carlos L. Fischer | Colorado Party | 1950 |
| Luis Alberto Brause | Colorado Party | 1951 |
| Juan T. Quilici | Colorado Party | 1952–1954 |
| Ramón F. Bado | Colorado Party | 1955 |
| Amílcar Vasconcellos | Colorado Party | 1955–1957 |
| Joaquín Aparicio | Colorado Party | 1957–1959 |
| Carlos V. Puig | National Party | 1959–1963 |
| Wilson Ferreira Aldunate | National Party | 1963–1967 |
| Manuel Flores Mora | Colorado Party | 1967–1968 |
| Carlos Frick Davie | Colorado Party | 1968–1969 |
| Jaime Montaner | Colorado Party | 1969 |
| Juan María Bordaberry | Colorado Party | 1969–1972 |
| Héctor Viana Martorell | Colorado Party | 1972 |
| Benito Medero | National Party | 1972–1974 |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing |||
| Héctor Alburquerque¹ | Without known affiliation | 1974–1975 |
| Julio Eduardo Aznárez¹ | Without known affiliation | 1975–1976 |
| Luis Heriberto Meyer¹ | Without known affiliation | 1976–1977 |
| Estanislao Valdés Otero¹ | National Party | 1977–1978 |
| Luis Heriberto Meyer¹ | Without known affiliation | 1978 |
| Jorge León Otero¹ | Without known affiliation | 1978–1979 |
| Juan Cassou¹ | Without known affiliation | 1979–1981 |
| Félix Zubillaga¹ | Without known affiliation | 1981 |
| Francisco Tourreilles¹ | Without known affiliation | 1981 |
| Carlos Mattos Moglia¹ | Without known affiliation | 1981–1985 |
| Roberto Vázquez Platero | Colorado Party | 1985–1986 |
| Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fishing |||
| Pedro Bonino Garmendia | Colorado Party | 1986–1990 |
| Álvaro Ramos Trigo | National Party | 1990–1993 |
| Pedro Saravia Fratti | National Party | 1993–1994 |
| Gonzalo Cibils | National Party | 1994–1995 |
| Carlos Gasparri | Colorado Party | 1995–1998 |
| Sergio Chiesa | Colorado Party | 1998–1999 |
| Ignacio Zorrilla de San Martín | Colorado Party | 1999 |
| Luis Brezzo | Colorado Party | 1999–2000 |
| Juan Notaro | Colorado Party | 2000 |
| Gonzalo González Fernández | National Party | 2000–2003 |
| Martín Aguirrezabala | Colorado Party | 2003–2005 |
| José Mujica | Broad Front | 2005–2008 |
| Ernesto Agazzi | Broad Front | 2008-2009 |
| Andrés Berterreche | Broad Front | 2009–2010 |
| Tabaré Aguerre | Broad Front | 2010–2018 |
| Enzo Benech | Broad Front | 2018–2020 |
| Carlos María Uriarte | Colorado Party | 2020–2021 |
| Fernando Mattos Costa | Colorado Party | 2021–Incumbent |
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¹ Ministers of the Military-Civic government (1973–1985).