Azucena Berrutti a famous lawyer and Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an politician, she was the National Defence Minister, appointed by the Uruguayan 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...

, from March 2005 until March 2008.

Appointment as Defence Minister, 2005

At the age of 75, Berrutti, assumed one of the most controversial ministry nowadays in Uruguay, when Tabaré Vázquez became President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

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. She is the first woman in this position.

In 2008 Berrutti was facing challenges by the Movement of Popular Participation

Movement of Popular Participation

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 (MPP) deputy Juan Domínguez, ostensibly a colleague in the ruling Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

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 coalition, and others in controversies surrounding defence procurement and the Nin brothers (Vice President of Uruguay

Vice President of Uruguay

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 Rodolfo Nin Novoa

Rodolfo Nin Novoa

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 and his chief of staff Gonzalo Nin Novoa

Gonzalo Nin Novoa

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). It was thought that the dilemma faced by Berrutti was her personal loyalty to President of Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez, principally responsible for the cohesion of the ruling coalition, against the marked lack of empathy among some of the MPP toward issues relating to the business profitability of defence contractors.