Antonio Marchesano


Antonio Marchesano was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician.

Early life

Marchesano was born in Montevideo in 1930. A man of the Colorado Party, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1966. During the last years of the civic-military dictatorship he supported Julio María Sanguinetti, who was elected President in November 1984; then, Marchesano was once again elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On February 1985 he assumed as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay. Later, in April 1986, he was appointed Interior Minister.
He died in Montevideo on January 24, 2019.