Andrés Ojeda
Andrés Ojeda | |
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Ojeda in 2024 | |
| Senator of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 15 February 2025 | |
| Secretary General of the Colorado Party | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2024 | |
| Member of the Montevideo Legislature | |
| In office 8 July 2010 – 9 July, 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrés Ojeda Spitz 5 January 1984 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Political party | Colorado |
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| Education | University of the Republic University of Montevideo Austral University |
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Andrés Ojeda Spitz (born 5 January 1984) is a Uruguayan lawyer, television personality and politician, serving as secretary general of the Colorado Party. He was the party's candidate for president in the 2024 general election in which he finished in third place.
Ojeda was born in Montevideo and obtained a law degree from the University of the Republic. He specialized in criminal law, and gained wide public recognition as a criminal defense attorney and television pundit. He began his political career in 2010 and focused on Montevideo politics, as a member of the department's legislature from 2010 to 2015, and as a candidate for substitute departamental Intendant in 2020.