Mario Lubetkin

Mario Israel Lubetkin Tulbovic (born 13 December 1959) is a Uruguayan politician and journalist, specializing in sustainable development. He is currently serving as Minister of Foreign Relations in the government of Yamandú Orsi. His father was a Ukrainian immigrant with Lithuanian citizenship, and his mother was a Lithuanian immigrant; both having settled in Uruguay at an early age. He was raised in the La Blanqueada neighborhood and attended local public schools, including Liceo Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga.

As a teenager, he joined the youth wing of the Communist Party of Uruguay. In 1976, during Uruguay’s civic-military dictatorship, his father took him to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following the coup d’état in Argentina, he applied at the Italian embassy in Buenos Aires to leave for Rome, where his brother was residing. He lectured Communications in Foreign Relations and Development at the IULM University of Milan, and directed seminars in Communication for Development at Menéndez Pelayo International University.

Lubetkin was appointed Minister of Foreign Relations on 1 March 2025. He is affiliated with the Broad Front coalition, but is not an active member of any party.

Personal life Lubetkin holds triple nationality, apart from Uruguay also holding citizenship of Italy and Lithuania.

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