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Eduardo Lust
Uruguayan politician (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eduardo Manuel Lust Hitta (born 30 October 1959) is a Uruguayan lawyer, lecturer and politician, who serves as National Representative in the 49th Legislature.[1] A former member of Cabildo Abierto, in December 2023 he founded the Environmental Constitutional Party through which he was a candidate for president of Uruguay in the 2024 general election.[2]
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Early life and education
Lust was born in Paysandú, the only son of a couple with four children. His mother was a primary school teacher, and his father a farmer, and both were supporters of the National Party.[3] At 18, he enrolled at the University of the Republic and settled in Montevideo to study law.[4]
After graduating he began his teaching career as a university professor, taking up a teaching post of Constitutional Law.[5] He gained prominence for his opposition to the installation of UPM-2 Paso de los Toros, the second Finnish UPM-Kymmene plant in the country.[6]
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Political career
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In mid-2019, Lust accepted an invitation from Cabildo Abierto authorities to join the party and be a candidate for the Chamber of Representatives. In the 2019 general election he was elected National Representative for the 49th Legislature (2010–2025).[7] During the parliamentary debate on the Urgent Consideration Law–a bill presented by the coalition government led by Luis Lacalle Pou–he gained high public exposure as a supporter of the bill due to being a constitutional lawyer.[8][9]
On February 8, 2023, he announced his departure from Cabildo Abierto, citing philosophical differences with the party leadership.[10][11] He also announced that he would not resign from his seat, but would remain as independent.[12] During his term as Representative he was in favor of reforming the Code of Criminal Procedure.[13]
In mid-2023, he announced the creation of a new political party with an ecological and green conservative tendency, and in December, the Electoral Court approved the creation of the Environmental Constitutional Party.[14] In the 2024 presidential primaries, the party and Lust as its pre-candidate obtained 1,213 votes, surpassing the minimum of 500 required to participate in the general election.[15] In August, lawyer and academic Luján Criado was confirmed as Lust's vice presidential running mate.[16]
During the campaign, he announced that in the event of a runoff, he would support Álvaro Delgado Ceretta, the National Partynominee who was in second place in the polls.[17] In the general election, Lust obtained 0.49% of the vote, failing to win a seat in parliament.[18] He also announced his support for Delgado Ceretta for the runoff and his party joined the Republican Coalition.[19]
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Personal life
He is married, and has three children: Sofía, Julieta and Hernán.[20]
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