{{short description|Uruguayan political figure and lawyer (born 1956)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ope Pasquet | office4 = Senator of Uruguay | death_place = | party = Colorado Party | spouse = Elena Martínez Rosso | children = 2 | awards = | alma_mater = University of the Republic | succeeded3 = Martha Montaner | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | preceded3 = Pedro Bordaberry | term_start4 = 15 February 2010 | term_end4 = 15 February 2015 | office5 = Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations | president5 = Julio María Sanguinetti | term_start5 = 22 February 1988 | death_date = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|10|01|df=yes}} | image = Dr. Ope Pasquet (cropped).jpg | predecessor = Alfredo Fratti | alt = | caption = | office = President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay | term_start = 1 March 2022 | president = | successor = Sebastián Andújar | birth_name = Ope Pasquet Iribarne | office2 = Representative of Uruguay<br />for Montevideo | term_start2 = 15 February 2015 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Secretary General of the Colorado Party of Uruguay | term_start3 = 4 April 2011 | term_end3 = 8 March 2012 | term_end5 = 1 March 1990 | term_end = 1 March 2023 }} '''Ope Pasquet Iribarne''' (born 10 January 1956) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the Colorado Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ope Pasquet and his activism |url=http://www.espectador.com/text/especial/no/pasquet.htm |publisher=El Espectador |language=es |accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref>
== Political career == Pasquet is part of a generation of young politicians who began as opponents of the civic-military dictatorship (1973–85) and in the framework of the constitutional referendum of 1980 together with Enrique Tarigo. In 1984 they ran for the Chamber of Representatives for the Libertad y Cambio — List 85 sector, together with Luis Hierro López and Roberto Asiaín. The List obtained 5 seats, being the most voted party in Montevideo.
In 1988 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations by President Julio María Sanguinetti. In 2003 he founded the ''Open Batllismo'' sector in order to "rebuild the Colorado Party." In 2007 the group merged with Vamos Uruguay, a faction led by Bordaberry. In the 2009 general election he was elected Senator of the Republic for the 47th Legislature.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-02 |title=Pasquet resolvió alejarse de Bordaberry - 30/07/2015 - EL PAÍS Uruguay |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/pasquet-resolvio-alejarse-bordaberry.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302145855/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/pasquet-resolvio-alejarse-bordaberry.html |archive-date=2 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> From April 4, 2011, to March 8, 2012, he served as Secretary General of the Colorado Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-23 |title=Ope Pasquet |url=https://partidocolorado.uy/ope-pasquet/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Partido Colorado |language=es}}</ref>
In June 2013, during a parliamentary session remembering 40 years of the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, Pasquet brought forward the Colorado Party's need of self-criticism for its responsibility regarding these events.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-06-29 |title=Ope Pasquet and self-criticism |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/interna-colorada-estallo-furia.html |url-status=dead |publisher=EL PAIS |language=es |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701205841/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/interna-colorada-estallo-furia.html |archivedate=2013-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=El Espectador 810 |url=https://espectador.com/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=espectador.com |language=es-UY}}</ref> In the 2014 general election he endorsed Bordaberry for president and was elected National Representative for Montevideo.<ref name=":1" /> In 2015 he announced his departure from ''Vamos Uruguay'', and said that the party lacked "political leadership".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title=Pasquet: Vamos Uruguay "no tiene actividad desde hace varios meses" - 30/07/2015 - EL PAÍS Uruguay |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/pasquet-uruguay-actividad-meses.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511080334/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/pasquet-uruguay-actividad-meses.html |archive-date=11 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
In 2018, Pasquet was a founding member of ''Ciudadanos'', a faction of the Colorado Party led by Ernesto Talvi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=diaria |first=la |date=2018-08-13 |title=Mañana se lanza oficialmente la precandidatura de Ernesto Talvi |url=https://ladiaria.com.uy/politica/articulo/2018/8/manana-se-lanza-oficialmente-la-precandidatura-de-ernesto-talvi/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=la diaria |language=es-UY}}</ref> In the 2019 presidential primaries and general election, he endorsed Talvi for president and was re-elected National Representative.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-07 |title="Sorpresa": así tomaron la decisión de Talvi los integrantes del sector que lideró - Información - 27/07/2020 - EL PAÍS Uruguay |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/ope-pasquet-renuncia-talvi-ve-sorpresa-ciudadanos.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307085758/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/ope-pasquet-renuncia-talvi-ve-sorpresa-ciudadanos.html |archive-date=7 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In early February 2022, it was announced that Ope Pasquet would succeed Alfredo Fratti as president of the Chamber of Representatives during the 3rd session (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=El colorado Ope Pasquet será el próximo presidente de la Cámara de Diputados |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/El-colorado-Ope-Pasquet-sera-el-proximo-presidente-de-la-Camara-de-Diputados-uc812322 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}}</ref> He took office on March 1, and in his inaugural speech he stated that he would not set aside the "general criterion of prudence in spending".<ref>{{Cite web |last=ElPais |title=Tras asumir como presidente de Diputados, Ope Pasquet pidió "no empantanar" al país |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/asumir-presidente-diputados-ope-pasquet-pidio-empantanar-pais.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay |language=spanish}}</ref>
He is the promoter of a bill to legalize Euthanasia and Medically Assisted Suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ElPais |title=Legalizar la eutanasia gana adeptos entre los senadores y diputados blancos |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/legalizar-eutanasia-gana-adeptos-senadores-diputados-blancos.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay |language=spanish}}</ref>
== Personal life == Pasquet is married to Elena Martínez Rosso, judge and minister of the Supreme Court of Justice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministra Martínez Rosso se integró a la Suprema Corte y destacó el rol de las mujeres en la magistratura |url=https://www.poderjudicial.gub.uy/novedades/noticias-institucionales/item/1731-ministra-martinez-rosso-se-integro-a-la-suprema-corte-y-destaco-el-rol-de-las-mujeres-en-la-magistratura.html |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.poderjudicial.gub.uy |language=es-ES}}</ref> They have two daughters Victoria and Florencia –who reached the semifinal of the fifth season of ''Got Talent Spain''–.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=La uruguaya Florencia Pasquet conquistó al jurado del concurso “Got Talent España" - Tvshow - 24/09/2019 - EL PAÍS Uruguay |url=https://www.tvshow.com.uy/tv/florencia-pasquet-hija-diputado-colorado-llega-semifinal-concurso-got-talent-espana.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404152216/https://www.tvshow.com.uy/tv/florencia-pasquet-hija-diputado-colorado-llega-semifinal-concurso-got-talent-espana.html |archive-date=4 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La uruguaya Florencia Pasquet llega a semifinal de concurso "Got Talent" en España |url=https://www.pantallazo.com.uy/Pantallazo/La-uruguaya-Florencia-Pasquet-llega-a-semifinal-de-concurso-Got-Talent-en-Espana-uc730686 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Pantallazo |language=es}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{Twitter|id=opepasquet|name=Ope Pasquet}}
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