Juan Bautista Gómez Duarte (born 29 June 1955) is a Uruguayan lawyer and prosecutor, currently serving as Attorney General of Uruguay since October 6, 2021.[1]
Juan Gómez | |
|---|---|
 Gómez Duarte in 2022 | |
| Attorney General of Uruguay | |
| Assumed office 6 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Díaz Almeida |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan Bautista Gómez Duarte 29 June 1955 Tranqueras, Uruguay |
| Education | University of the Republic |
Early life and education
editJuan Bautista Gómez Duarte was born on June 29, 1958, in the rural area of Tranqueras, Rivera Department. He is one of seven children born to Antón Gomez and Luisa "Anita" Duarte.[2] He is of Brazilian descent through his father.[3] At the age of seven he underwent heart surgery.[4]
He attended Rivera Department public schools and at the age of 19 he enrolled at the University of the Republic to study law.[5]
Career
editHe began working as a civil servant in the Attorney General's Office in 1975 while studying at the university.[6] In 1997 he became a prosecutor and was assigned as a prosecutor in the city of Rivera until 2000.[7] Then he was assigned until 2009 as a Departmental Prosecutor of Maldonado. In office he prosecuted Guillermo Coppola for obstruction of justice.[8]
From 2009 to 2012 he served as National Prosecutor of the Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Montevideo. In 2012 he was appointed head of the Special Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime, a position in which he prosecuted well-known personalities such as the football executive Eugenio Figueredo, and the Minister of Economy of José Mujica's administration, Fernando Lorenzo.[9][10] In 2016 he was promoted as head of the Montevideo Criminal Prosecutor's Office and a year later of the Criminal Homicide Prosecutor's Office.[11]
In April 2021 he was appointed Deputy Attorney General to then-incumbent Jorge Díaz Almeida, who resigned from the position in October.[12] Due to this, Gómez took over as interim, pending the nomination of a new one, which corresponds to the Executive with the approval of the Senate.[13] However, since then no consensus has been achieved between all parliamentary groups.[14]
Personal life
editGómez is married to lawyer Laura Bentos, and they have two daughters, Daniela and Josefina.[15] On December 27, 2023, he was hospitalized due to a health condition and it was announced that he would require "prolonged treatment."[16]
References
edit- ^ Redacción. "Renunció el fiscal de Corte, Jorge Díaz". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "La historia del fiscal Juan Gómez y el día en el que salvó su vida por no poder hablar con sus hijas". El Espectador 810 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ Ojeda, Paula. "Juan Gómez: el fiscal del campo que extraña ir tras homicidas mientras genera rispideces entre los políticos". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "El fiscal Gómez cumple más de 40 años como funcionario del Ministerio Público". Telenoche (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Ojeda, Paula. "Juan Gómez: el fiscal del campo que extraña ir tras homicidas mientras genera rispideces entre los políticos". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "La dura encrucijada de Juan Gómez: los amigos le dicen que renuncie; él comanda la Fiscalía en su peor momento". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ diaria, la (2020-11-28). "Juan Gómez, fiscal especializado en Homicidios: "Hago hincapié en los derechos de las víctimas, pero no tengo necesidad de violentar derechos de imputados"". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "Cóppola fue procesado en el Uruguay". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2000-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Redacción. "El acuerdo con Figueredo triplica lo incautado por Justicia en cinco años". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Redacción. "Los enojos con Lorenzo". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ ""En la escena de un crimen, vi niños riendo delante de un muerto"". EL PAIS. 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ diaria, la (2021-10-05). "Renunció el fiscal de Corte Jorge Díaz". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Redacción. "¿Cuál es el procedimiento para la destitución del fiscal de Corte Jorge Díaz?". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "El incierto futuro del fiscal de Corte: los entretelones de la falta de acuerdo para suplantar a Juan Gómez". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "La incomodidad de Juan Gómez y cómo su familia entró a trabajar en la Fiscalía". EL PAIS. 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "Fiscal de Corte Juan Gómez requerirá de un tratamiento "relativamente prolongado" y sigue internado". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-12.