Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herran was born on April 28,1960, in Montevideo, the fourth child of Juan Maria Bordaberry Arocena and his wife, Josefina Herran Puig.
19 Facts About Pedro Bordaberry
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Pedro Bordaberry attended primary school at St Andrews School, and secondary school at The British Schools and John XXIII Institute.
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Pedro Bordaberry enrolled at the University of the Republic, from which he graduated in 1986 with a law degree.
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Some time after his defeat in the municipal elections, Pedro Bordaberry left the Lista 15 faction, and in 2007 he founded the Vamos Uruguay faction.
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In 2009, Pedro Bordaberry was selected as the Colorado Party's candidate for the Presidential election.
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On 21 March 2009, Pedro Bordaberry was formally accepted as Presidential candidate for Vamos Uruguay at a ceremony in a stadium in Montevideo attended by an estimated 7,000 supporters.
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In June 2009, Pedro Bordaberry paused his work for the legal practice at which he had been active to focus on the Presidential campaign.
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In June 2009, Pedro Bordaberry was publicly criticised by Colorado Party colleague Luis Antonio Hierro Lopez, a previous ministerial colleague running for President, due to his surname.
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Pedro Bordaberry endorsed Luis Alberto Lacalle for the second round run-off vote that took place at the end of November 2009.
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On November 9,2013, Pedro Bordaberry officially launched his presidential campaign for the 2014 presidential primaries.
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Pedro Bordaberry hired campaign advisers who had worked for Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
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In early 2010 Pedro Bordaberry called for the establishment of a new university in the interior city of Durazno, with a view to assisting disadvantaged potential students.
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In 2017, Pedro Bordaberry said that he would not run again for President or Senator in 2019.
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Juan Maria Bordaberry was arrested in 2006 in connection with the 1976 assassination of two legislators, Senator Zelmar Michelini and House leader Hector Gutierrez, and Pedro Bordaberry has since then been vocal in his support.
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Pedro Bordaberry sometimes participates in outdoor public meetings on horseback, or in traditional "gaucho" horseriding attire.
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Pedro Bordaberry has contributed to literary criticism of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, writing on Borges's theme of the complexity of memory.
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Pedro Bordaberry is a major figure in rugby union in Uruguay, and has been president of the Uruguayan Rugby Union.
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Pedro Bordaberry was put in charge, alongside politician Armando Castaingdebat, and former professional association football player Andres Scotti.
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Pedro Bordaberry married the psychologist and psychotherapist Maria Jose Oribe in 1985.