Alejandro Sánchez

Alejandro Sánchez Pereira, better known by his nickname Pacha (born 24 April 1980) is a Uruguayan politician, serving as the 20th Secretary of the Presidency since 2025. A member of the Movement of Popular Participation – Broad Front, he served as a Senator of the Republic from 2020 to 2025 and as a National Representative from 2010 to 2020.

Early life Sánchez was born in Montevideo in 1980, the son of two farmers' market vendors and supporters of the Broad Front. He has a younger brother, Daniel. Raised in Peñarol–Lavalleja, he attended public schools in his neighborhood. He attended Liceo Instituto Batlle y Ordóñez and Liceo Francisco Bauzá, and enrolled at the University of the Republic to study sociology, but did not graduate.