Jorge Pacheco Klein is a Uruguayan

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...

 political figure and lawyer.

Background

Pacheco Klein is a member of the Uruguayan

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...

 Colorado

Colorado

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 Party. His father, Jorge Pacheco Areco

Jorge Pacheco Areco

Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.-Vice President of Uruguay:...

, was President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

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 1967-1972.

He is a lawyer by profession and has worked extensively in both Uruguayan

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...

 and American law.

Deputy; and subsequent career

He was elected in 1994 to serve as a deputy for the Colorado

Colorado

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 Party. Diana Saravia Olmos

Diana Saravia Olmos

-Background and previous political alliances:While the National Party's Aparicio Saravia was a collateral family forbear, she is a former Deputy, and former supporter of 'Pachequismo' and subsequently the Ballistas within the Colorado Party...

 was regared as being counted among his close political colleagues.

Following the death of his father, Jorge Pacheco Areco

Jorge Pacheco Areco

Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.-Vice President of Uruguay:...

, in 1998, he resigned his seat as a deputy in order to concentrate on his legal career.

In later years Pacheco Klein emigrated to the United States, where he continued his legal career. However, significantly, his former political colleague, Diana Saravia Olmos

Diana Saravia Olmos

-Background and previous political alliances:While the National Party's Aparicio Saravia was a collateral family forbear, she is a former Deputy, and former supporter of 'Pachequismo' and subsequently the Ballistas within the Colorado Party...

, later adhered to 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...

's 'Vamos Uruguay' grouping within the Colorado Party. This may demonstrate that, while Pacheco Klein was unable personally to continue actively to promote the right-of-centre populism which 'Pachequismo' represented, yet 'Pachequismo' in a similar guise did not see its demise with either the passing of Jorge Pacheco Areco

Jorge Pacheco Areco

Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.-Vice President of Uruguay:...

 or Jorge Pacheco Klein's move to the US.

Jorge Pacheco Klein's career may be seen against the longstanding tradition of political families in 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...

 (see links, below); for some Uruguayan

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...

 politicians with family links in politics, the personal advantage to be gained from such links may be said to vary significantly.

See also

• Jorge Pacheco Areco#Family background

• Colorado Party (Uruguay)
  Colorado Party (Uruguay)
  The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....
  
  

• List of political families#Uruguay

• Juan Dom%C3%ADnguez %28Uruguay%29#Controversies