Gustavo Alberto Salle Lorier (born March 9, 1958) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who will serve as National Representative from February 15, 2025. Founder and leader of the Sovereign Identity party, he was a presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2024 general elections.
Gustavo Salle | |
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 Milei in 2019 | |
| National Representative | |
| Assumed office 15 February 2025 | |
| Constituency | Montevideo |
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| Born | Gustavo Alberto Salle Lorier 19 March 1958 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Political party | Sovereign Identity (since 2022) |
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| Spouse | Alba Pereira |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of the Republic |
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Graduated from the University of the Republic with a law degree, gained notoriety by filing criminal complaints against members of the Broad Front governments and for his activism against the installation of the UPM-Kymmene cellulose production plants in Uruguay.[1] Salle is widely known for his flamboyant personality, anti-establishment rhetoric and embrace of conspiracy theories, including the New World Order, that of the so-called "kleptocorporatocracy" or government of the corporations and that of the Judeo-Masonic secret coalition.[2][3]
Electoral history
editPresidential
edit| Election | Office | List | Votes | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | |||||
| 2019 | President of Uruguay | Green Animalist Party | 19,392 | 0.80% | 9th | ||
| 2024 | Sovereign Identity | 65,796 | 2.69 % | 4th | [4] | ||
References
edit- ^ Universal, Radio (2019-05-17). "Salle se encadenó en la Plaza Independencia manifestándose en contra de UPM". 970 Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "La cleptocorporatocracia según Salle: "Soy político pero no voy a ser garrapata"". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ ""Incentiva actos de odio" y "vende odio": comunidad judía repudió dichos de Gustavo Salle sobre Maldonado y el sionismo". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ Canelones, Hoy. "Con Gustavo Salle, que obtuvo el 2,69% de los votos y que asegura que su voto en el balotaje será anulado". HOY CANELONES (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-01.