Enrique Pintado
Uruguayan politician
Enrique Pintado (Montevideo, 1958) is a Uruguayan trade unionist and politician.
A member of the Broad Front (Uruguay Assembly), since 1 March 2010 he is the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the cabinet of President José Mujica.
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