Zelmar Michelini

Zelmar Raúl Michelini Guarch (20 May 1924 – 20 May 1976) was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.

Career Zelmar Michelini was member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1954 to 1958, and then of the Chamber of Senators starting in 1966. He was Minister of the Industry under Oscar Gestido's presidency (Colorado Party), before renouncing in 1970 due to disagreements with the government's policies. At that time, he left the conservative Colorado Party to participate, alongside other left-wing parties (Communist and Socialist Party and other independent left-wing groups), in the foundation of the Frente Amplio ("Broad Front") coalition in 1971. A reporter at the newspaper Acción, he also founded in the 1960s the weekly Hechos. Michelini again became senator in 1971, as a member of the Frente Amplio.