Elias Meléndrez

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Elias Meléndrez
Portrait of Elias in 2010
Portrait of Elias in 2010
Vice President of Trenado
In office
31 July 1993 – 31 December 2000
PresidentLorenzo Sarabia
Preceded byJaime Cambra
Succeeded byMoises Viveiros
Governor of Guaiba
In office
1 January 2013 – 31 December 2020
Vice GovernorEdegar Abréu
Preceded byHelder Vela
Succeeded byEdegar Abréu
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 December 2004
Vice GovernorAurelio Tabares
Preceded byGasparo Costa Durán
Succeeded byHelder Vela
Mayor of Osorio
In office
1 January 1987 – 31 December 1994
Preceded byDimi Saénz
Succeeded byDimi Saénz
Further offices held
Member of the Osorio City Council
In office
1 January 1979 – 31 December 1986
Personal details
Born
Elias Barreiro Meléndrez

(1951-02-22) 22 February 1951 (age 73)
Osorio, GB, Trenado
Political partyLibertarians (since 1974)
Spouse(s)
Caetana Cambra Meléndrez
(m. 1971)
Children4
Alma materGuaiba Federal University
Profession

Elias Barreiro Meléndrez (born 22 February 1951) is a Trenadian professor, politician, political scientist, social scientist and philosopher who served as vice president between 1993 and 2000 — during the Sarabia administration — and was governor of the Guaiba province from 2001 to 2004, serving a second term between 2013 and 2020. He was also the mayor of Osorio from 1987 to 1994, and was part of the city council from 1979 to 1986.

Elias was elected president in the 2004 presidential elections, though his candidacy would be revoked post-election by the Trenadian Court of Justice due to alleged fraud. As such, he would be inelegible for 8 years - until the 2012 general elections.