About: Second presidency of Tabaré Vázquez

The second presidency of Tabaré Vázquez began on 1 March 2015 when he was inaugurated as the 41st president of Uruguay. Vázquez, a member of the Broad Front Party took office following his victory over the National Party nominee Luis Lacalle Pou in the second round of the 2014 general election, thus granting another five years of leftist governments. This presidential term continued the policies established since the Broad Front came into power in 2005. Among the featured policies a National Caregiving System was established, also the Ibirapitá Plan was created to promote the introduction of technology to the elderly, the transgender people law and the authorization of the second pulp mill plant of multinational company UPM.