Frente Amplio associations

She is aligned politically with the Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...

 movement, which has been in government office since 2005, headed by President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

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 Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...

.

Between 1995 and 2007 Tourné served as a deputy for Montevideo

Montevideo

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, prior to taking up ministerial office.

Family links

Daisy Tourné is a niece to former Senator Uruguay Tourné

Uruguay Tourné

-Background and early career:In his youth, Tourné was an activist for the National Party .He is an uncle to former Interior Minister Daisy Tourné.-Deputy and Senator:...

, of the conservative National Party (Uruguay)

National Party (Uruguay)

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.

Ministerial office

Between 2007 and June 2009 she served as Interior Minister in the government of President Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...

, the first woman to have been appointed to that post.

Tourné succeeded José Díaz

José Díaz

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 in the post in 2007.

She was herself succeeded in her post in 2009 firstly as a temporary measure by Víctor Rossi, and then by Jorge Bruni as a permanent appointment.

Visit of US President George W. Bush

In 2007, as Interior Minister, Tourné oversaw security for the visit to Uruguay

Uruguay

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 of US President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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, to whom a significant hostility among many of Ms. Tourné's Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...

 colleagues, raised in a tradition which magnifies Che Guevara

Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist...

 and his Cuban

Cubans

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 fellow revolutionaries, was widely noted. This event occurred very shortly after her appointment to office.

Controversies

In 2008 the opposition Colorado

Colorado

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 Party Presidential front runner Pedro Bordaberry

Pedro Bordaberry

Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herrán is a Uruguayan political figure. He is the current President of the Colorado Party-Early life:Bordaberry was educated at The British Schools of Montevideo, gaining fluency in English...

 Herrán called on Tourné to resign.

Bordaberry's call followed his publicly expressed doubts about what he claimed was Tourné's lack of commitment to her ministerial responsibility for public safety issues. The criticism, which highlighted likely discourse during the 2009 Presidential elections, was rejected by Tourné.

Resignation from Frente Amplio government

However, Tourné eventually did resign on 4 June 2009. According to some reports, the President himself asked Tourné to resign the Ministry following the incident, while these reports were contradicted by others.

The resignation occurred following some public gaffes, which included comments widely deemed indiscreet about former President Luis Alberto Lacalle

Luis Alberto Lacalle

Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.-Background:His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, was the daughter of the Blanco political leader Luis Alberto de Herrera, after whom Lacalle was named. Luis...

. She also made a widely noted personal comment re. former Vice President Luis Antonio Hierro López

Luis Antonio Hierro López

Luis Antonio Hierro López is a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Luis Antonio Hierro López is a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, and is from a distinguished political family. His father was Luis Hierro Gambardella, former Minister, Deputy for Treinta y Tres and Senator...

. This event came about 18 months after the Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...

 had disavowed another prominent member within its ranks for comparable comments made regarding the son of former President Lacalle.

Public debate on alleged 'crudeness' in political discourse

There followed a public debate on the supposed significance of 'crudeness', with some observers having regarded Ms. Tourné as having been unacceptably 'crude'.

In turn, the Uruguayan Socialist Party spokesman on the contrary accused the Opposition of 'crude machismo'.

See also

• Politics of Uruguay
  Politics of Uruguay
  The Politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises executive power and Legislative power is vested in the two...
  
  
• List of political families#Uruguay
• Pedro Bordaberry#Interior Minister Daisy Tourné
• Juan Dom%C3%ADnguez %28Uruguay%29#Disavowal by Frente Amplio and Opposition
• Uruguay Tourn%C3%A9#Background and early career