Guillermo Stirling
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Guillermo Stirling (born March 4 1937) is a Uruguayan notary and political figure.
Stirling is a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He has been a close colleague of Presidents Julio María Sanguinetti and Jorge Batlle.
His grandfather Manuel Stirling was a Deputy and Senator for Paysandú.
Stirling was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay from March 1, 1995 to March 1, 1996.[1]
Ministerial office
He served as Ministry of the Interior under the Presidency of Julio María Sanguinetti (2nd Presidency) from 1 November 1998 to 1 March 2000.
He subsequently served in the same office under Jorge Batlle's Presidency from 1 March 2000 to 13 July 2004, but Stirling resigned.
Presidential candidate, 2004
He was the unsuccessful Colorado Party candidate in the 2004 Presidential elections, gaining 11% of the vote,[2] which came about following a period of considerable economic instability.
