Ope Pasquet

Ope Pasquet Iribarne (born 10 January 1956 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan political figure and lawyer.

He is a lawyer by profession. For many years he has been an activist for the Colorado Party (Uruguay).

Pasquet was appointed Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1985, in the administration of President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti.

For a number of years Pasquet was regarded as politically close to prominent Colorado Luis Antonio Hierro, a former Vice President of Uruguay.

In 2004 Pasquet was elected to the Senate with the political sector Vamos Uruguay.

In June 2013, during a parliamentary session remembering 40 years of the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, Pasquet brought forward the Colorado Party's need of self-criticism for its responsibility regarding these infamous events.

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