Education
University of the Republic.
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University of the Republic.
Vice President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, on March 4, 2015, Astori took office as Minister of Economics and Finance, post he also held from 2005 to 2008. He ran for vice president in the 1989 election with Líber Seregni as presidential candidate, obtaining third place with 23% of votes. Astori has followed a fiscal conservative policy, but allowing increases in welfare, education and health care spendings.
He has been a supporter of trade pacts with the United States, the European Union, the People"s Republic of China and India, with the Chilean "open regionalism" as a model.
Astori resigned from his ministry on September 18, 2008. His ministerial replacement was Álvaro García.
Astori is the fifteenth person to hold the office of Vice President of Uruguay. The office dates from 1934, when César Charlone became Uruguay"s first Vice President.
He is the main leader of the Asamblea Uruguay party, which is part of the ruling centre-left Broad Front. Before the 2004 elections, Astori was announced to become Finance Minister if the Broad Front won. This is said to have turned centrist voters to choose the Broad Front, and the party received 51.7% of votes.