Guillermo Chifflet
Uruguayan journalist (1926–2020)
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Guillermo Chifflet (26 September 1926 – 26 April 2020) was a Uruguayan politician, writer, and journalist who served as a Representative and co-founded the Broad Front.[1]
Guillermo Chifflet Zerboni | |
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Guillermo Chifflet during the presentation of a book written about him, 2011 | |
| National Representative | |
| In office 3 March 1989 – 2 December 2005 | |
| Constituency | Montevideo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1926 |
| Died | 26 April 2020 (aged 93) |
| Party | Broad Front Socialist Party |
| Spouse |
Julia Amoretti
(m. 1967; died 2020) |
| Children | Michelle and Amelie |
| Occupation | Politician, writer, and journalist |
Biography
Guillermo Chifflet Zerboni was born on September 15, 1926 in Montevideo, Uruguay. His father, Enrique Chifflet, was a dentist.[2]
Chifflet married Julia Amoretti, a Uruguayan radio, television, and theater actress, on December 21, 1967; he was 41 years old and she was 32 years old.[2] They had two daughters, Michelle and Amelie.
Career
As a journalist, Guillermo Chifflet worked at the Uruguayan newspapers Época and Hechos, and the weeklies Marcha, Brecha, and El Sol (of which he was Editor in Chief).[3]
Guillermo Chifflet was one of the founders of the Broad Front in 1971.[4] He was first elected to Chamber of Representatives in 1989, as a member of the Socialist Party. He was subsequently re-elected in 1994, 1999 and 2004.[3] In December 2005, he resigned from his seat as a representative after legislators of the ruling Broad Front party voted to keep Uruguayan troops in the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).[5]
