Juan Carlos Moreno Poggio
Juan Carlos Moreno Poggio (12 May 1982 – 23 October 2025) was a Uruguayan agricultural technician and politician. He was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay representing Paysandú from 2020 to 2025.
Life and career
Poggio was born on 12 May 1982 in Paysandú, he studied between 1999 and 2001 at the Faculty of Agrarian Sciences of the Universidad de la Empresa (UDE).[1] He worked as a small rural producer, both in a 36-hectare field with his family as an advisor to other farm owners, and also as an Inspector of Plaza Rural, a consortium that sells cattle.[2]
A Colorado militant since his youth, he attended a National Convention of the Colorado Party in the period 2012–2017 when he was elected to the youth section of the Colorado Party. Later, Moreno joined the Ciudadanos sector, at the invitation of economist Ernesto Talvi, to carry out the sector when it was being formed.[3] He was a candidate for member for Paysandú for list 600 in the 2019 general elections. He was the most voted Colorado candidate in the department and elected as a member for Paysandú, ahead of Colorado member Walter Verri for two consecutive terms.[4]
Moreno Poggio had cancer and died 23 October 2025, at the age of 43.[5]
References
- ^ "Juan Carlos Moreno: esta vez sí apareció el título". Diario El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Goldman, Mauro (7 November 2019). ""No me propuse ser diputado" dijo Juan Carlos Moreno - 20once" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Lista 600 Ciudadanos definió sus candidatos en Paysandú". Diario El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Goldman, Mauro (7 November 2019). ""No me propuse ser diputado" dijo Juan Carlos Moreno - 20once" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Murió a los 43 años Juan Carlos Moreno, exdiputado del Partido Colorado en Paysandú". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.