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{{Short description|Uruguayan writer, philosopher and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Pablo da Silveira
| image               = Dasilveira.jpg
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| caption             = Pablo da Silveira in 2020.
| office              = [[Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)|Minister of Education and Culture of Uruguay]]
| term_start          = 1 March 2020
| president           = [[Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou]]
| predecessor         = [[María Julia Muñoz]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1962|09|21|df=yes}}
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| birth_place         = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
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| party               = [[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]]
| children            =
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| alma_mater          = [[Université catholique de Louvain]]
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'''Pablo da Silveira García''' (born 21 September 1962 in [[Montevideo]]) is a [[Uruguay]]an writer, lecturer, philosopher, and politician of the [[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]] (PN), serving as [[Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)|Minister of Education and Culture of Uruguay]], since March 1, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nuevos secretarios de Estado firmaron Libro de Actas ante el flamante presidente, Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República|url=https://www.presidencia.gub.uy/comunicacion/comunicacionnoticias/ministros-firma-libro-actas-luis-lacalle-pou-plaza-independencia|access-date=2020-03-07|website=www.presidencia.gub.uy}}</ref>
== Biography ==
=== Education ===
Graduated from the [[Université catholique de Louvain|Université Catholique de Louvain]], he has a PhD in Philosophy. In addition, he served as a researcher at the same university.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Biography of Pablo Da Silveira|url=https://ucu.edu.uy/es/pablo-da-silveira|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
=== Career ===
He served as a lecturer of Political Philosophy and Director of the Government of Education Program at the [[Catholic University of Uruguay]] and in some in America and Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pablo da Silveira|url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-educacion-cultura/institucional/estructura-del-organismo/pablo-da-silveira|access-date=2020-06-13|website=Ministerio de Educación y Cultura|language=es}}</ref> He is the co-founder of the ''Liceo Impulso'', along with [[Ernesto Talvi]]. At the Catholic University, he teaches Political Philosophy and directs the Government of Education Program.
Author of ''[http://universidad.claeh.edu.uy/blog/las-dos-caras-de-jano-la-cultura-y-los-paises-en-la-era-de-la-globalizacion/ La Segunda Reforma]'', a publication in which he opposes Germán Rama's proposal from the right, as it is based on public education, and in which he suggests the transfer of public resources to private education. This is the vision that Da Silveira holds so far and the one that has given it the greatest public significance.
=== Political career ===
During the 2019 election campaign, Da Silveira served as advisor to candidate [[Luis Lacalle Pou]] on education policies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pablo da Silveira – Luis Lacalle Pou|url=https://lacallepou.uy/novedades/pablo-da-silveira/|access-date=2020-06-13|website=lacallepou.uy}}</ref> On December 16, 2019, after the victory of Lacalle Pou, he was announced as [[Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay)|Minister of Education and Culture]], a position he assumed on March 1, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Da Silveira y Robert Silva criticaron el estado de la educación, tras resultados de PISA|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Da-Silveira-y-Robert-Silva-criticaron-el-estado-de-la-educacion-tras-resultados-de-PISA-uc737605|access-date=2020-06-13|website=Montevideo Portal|language=es}}</ref> His Deputy Minister is [[Ana Ribeiro]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Observador|first=El|title=Lacalle Pou anuncia su gabinete: "No va a ser un gobierno de excusas"|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/lacalle-pou-anuncia-su-gabinete-2019121611616|access-date=2020-06-13|website=El Observador}}</ref>
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