Andrés Ojeda
Andrés Ojeda Spitz (born January 5, 1984) is a Uruguayan lawyer, television personality and politician of the Colorado Party. In November 2023 he announced his candidacy for the 2024 Colorado Party presidential primaries for president of Uruguay in the 2024 Uruguayan general election.[1]
Andrés Ojeda | |
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| Born | Andrés Ojeda Spitz January 5, 1984 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Political party | Colorado |
| Spouse | Natalie Yoffe (m. 2017; div. 2023) |
| Education | University of the Republic University of Montevideo Austral University |
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Ojeda was born in Montevideo and obtained a law degree from the University of the Republic. He specialized in criminal law, and gained recognition as a criminal defense attorney and television pundit.
Since he began his political career in 2010, he has focused on Montevideo politics, as a member of the department's legislature from 2010 and 2015, and as a candidate for substitute Intendant in 2020. In 2023, after speculation, he confirmed his move to national politics as a pre-candidate for president for the Colorado Party.
Early life and education edit
Ojeda was born in Montevideo, the son of Luis Enrique Ojeda and Patricia Spitz.[2] He is of Irish and German descent; his paternal great-great-grandfather was an Irish national who came to Uruguay to work on the railroad, while his maternal grandfather was a German lawyer.[3]
He attended La Mennais School in the Punta Gorda neighborhood. In his childhood he was part of the Scout Movement.[3] In 2002 he enrolled at the University of the Republic from which he graduated as a lawyer.[4] He subsequently obtained a postgraduate degree in Economic Criminal Law from the University of Montevideo and in 2018 a diploma in oral criminal litigation from the American University Washington College of Law.[5] In 2022 he completed a master's degree in criminal law from the Austral University in Buenos Aires.[6]
Career edit
Ojeda gained notoriety when he was hired in 2015 as a defense attorney of the former Tupamaro guerrilla fighter and deserter Héctor Amodio Pérez.[7] Since then he has been a television pundit and legal columnist in El País newspaper.[8] He also serves as an attorney for the police union.[9]
Ojeda runs his own law firm, Andres Ojeda Abogados, which has been rated "excellent" in the white-collar crime dispute resolution category by Paris-based consulting firm Leaders League.[4]
Political career edit
During his time at the university, Ojeda was part of Foro Universitario, a student union with a Batllist ideology. In 2002, after attending an event that had Julio María Sanguinetti as the main speaker, he decided to join the Colorado Party.[10]
In the 2010 municipal election he was elected member of the Montevideo legislature for the period 2010–2015.[11] He later joined Ciudadanos, a faction led by Ernesto Talvi.[12] In the 2020 municipal election he was Laura Raffo's first substitute for the position of Intendant of Montevideo as representative of the Colorado Party in the Coalición Multicolor.[13] Raffo was the individual candidate with the most votes, but she was not elected due to the double simultaneous voting system.[14]
Since 2021, Ojeda began to be considered as a possible candidate in the 2024 Colorado Party presidential primaries, as a figure of generational change for the party.[15][16] He finally announced his pre-candidacy on November 11, 2023.[17] In mid-November, he was polling at about 4% in national Colorado primary opinion polls, according to Equipo Consultores.[18]
Personal life edit
Ojeda married model, actress and television personality Natalie Yoffe in October 2017 after two years of relationship.[19] Prominent personalities from politics and entertainment were invited to the ceremony.[20][21] In April 2023, the couple divorced, after separating permanently the previous year.[22]
References edit
- ^ "Andrés Ojeda lanzó su candidatura en el Partido Colorado: "Vengo a poner el primer ladrillo para la reconstrucción partidaria"". La Diaria (in Spanish). 2023-11-22. from the original on 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "La vida de Andrés Ojeda, los valores Scout y ser de los más colorados en las difíciles". El Espectador 810 (in Spanish). from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ a b Colorado, Partido (2021-09-25). "La vida de Andrés Ojeda, los valores Scout y ser de "los más colorados" en las difíciles". Partido Colorado (in Spanish). from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ a b Redacción. "Andrés Ojeda Abogados: el estudio de abogados Sub 40 que fue reconocido internacionalmente por tercer año consecutivo". El Observador. from the original on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ https://twitter.com/andresojedaok/status/956617990203723776
- ^ "Andrés Ojeda se graduó y dio un discurso motivacional". EL PAIS. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Andrés Ojeda, el nuevo abogado mediático". EL PAIS. 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ . 2022-12-03. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Redacción. "Andrés Ojeda dijo que ya no se debería juzgar a militares por delitos de la dictadura". El Observador. from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Andrés Ojeda: "Mi principal referente de la política nacional es Luis Lacalle Pou"". la diaria (in Spanish). 2022-07-23. from the original on 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Soravilla, Santiago. "Andrés Ojeda, el abogado mediático que busca ser referente de seguridad de Sanguinetti". El Observador. from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ ""No sé si el sector Ciudadanos va a seguir existiendo con ese nombre", señala Andrés Ojeda". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Andrés Ojeda será el primer suplente de Laura Raffo: 'los tiempos políticos van cambiando y las maneras de ir a las elecciones también'". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2020-02-05. from the original on 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Elecciones departamentales: ¿Cómo votaron coalición y el FA frente a noviembre y a 2015?". EL PAIS. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Peña descartó malestar con Talvi y opinó sobre cuatro futuros líderes de los colorados". EL PAIS. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Andrés Ojeda podría "sumarse a la grilla" de posibles candidatos en la interna colorada, según dos diputados de Ciudadanos". la diaria (in Spanish). 2022-05-17. from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Redacción. "Partido Colorado: Andrés Ojeda lanzó su precandidatura presidencial". El Observador. from the original on 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Comunicación (2023-11-13). "ORSI, DELGADO Y BORDABERRY LIDERAN LAS INTERNAS DE SUS RESPECTIVOS PARTIDOS, EN UN ESCENARIO DE INCERTIDUMBRE". EQUIPOS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Natalie Yoffe & Andrés Ojeda: Recién casados". EL PAIS. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Natalie Yoffe y Andrés Ojeda: la boda del año". EL PAIS. 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "La emotiva entrada de Natalie Yoffe a su boda con Andrés Ojeda". EL PAIS. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Separados: Natalie Yoffe y Andrés Ojeda ponen fin a su relación después de cinco años de casados". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
External links edit
- Official website