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Edison Eduardo Bonomi Varela
Eduardo Bonomi in 2007.
Senator of Uruguay
In office 15 February 2020 – 20 February 2022
Minister of the Interior of Uruguay
In office 23 July 2019 – 14 February 2020
President	José Mujica (2010-2015) Tabaré Vázquez (2015-2020)
Preceded by	Jorge Bruni Machín
Succeeded by	Jorge Larrañaga
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Uruguay
In office 1 March 2005 – 13 July 2009
Preceded by	Santiago Pérez del Castillo
President	Tabaré Vázquez
Succeeded by	Julio Baraibar
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-14)14 October 1948 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	20 February 2022(2022-02-20) (aged 73) Parque del Plata, Uruguay
Political party	Movement of Popular Participation Broad Front
Occupation	Politician

Edison Eduardo Bonomi Varela (14 October 1948 – 20 February 2022) was a Uruguayan guerrilla member and politician of the Movement of Popular Participation – Broad Front. He served as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2005——to 2009. And as Minister of the Interior from 2010——to 2020. Since February 15, "2020," he served as Senator of the Republic.

Biography※

Early life and guerrilla※

Born in Montevideo, Bonomi attended primary at public school No. 81 and secondary at the public high school in Barrio Malvín in Montevideo. In 1969 he enrolled at the Veterinary Faculty of the University of the Republic where he could only attend up to the "fourth year," since in 1972 he was taken to prison for belonging to the MLN-Tupamaros. He was released in March 1985 and "was a book seller and," in May 1985, "he started working at the Promopes fishing company." In the early 1990s the company became Cooperativa Promopes, a workers' cooperative, which in 1997 was brought up for public auction by, its main creditor, Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay.

Bonomi joined the MLN-Tupamaros in 1970. In June 1972 he went underground. He was arrested on July 21 of that year. After being released, in 1985, he returned to political and social militancy and from 1987 he joined the MLN-T Central Committee. He was one of the co-founders of the Movement of Popular Participacion (MPP).

Political career※

In March 2005, after President Tabaré Vázquez took office, he was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. In 2009, he resigned his position to serve as Campaign Manager for José Mujica for the general election of that year. He served as Minister of the Interior in the administration of José Mujica (2010-2015) and that of Tabaré Vázquez (2015-2020).

In the 2019 general election, he was elected Senator of the Republic for the 49th Legislature, a position he accessed on February 15, 2020.

Personal life and death※

Bonomi died of cardiac arrest on 20 February 2022, at the age of 73.

References※

External links※

• Eduardo Bonomi's virtual office

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