Raúl Lozano Bonet
Raúl Lozano | |
|---|---|
Lozano Bonet in 2022 | |
| Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay | |
| In office 9 May 2023 – 1 March 2025 | |
| President | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Preceded by | Irene Moreira |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Cairo |
| Senator of the Republic | |
| In office 3 March 2020 – 5 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Irene Moreira |
| Succeeded by | Irene Moreira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Raúl Lozano Bonet 1 October 1958 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Party | Open Cabildo |
| Alma mater | Uruguay Military School |
| Website | www.rlozano.msartiguista.uy/ |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Uruguay |
| Branch/service | National Army of Uruguay |
| Years of service | 1978 — 2015 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Raúl Lozano Bonet (born 7 April 1955) is an Uruguayan retired military officer and politician of Open Cabildo (CA). He served as Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay from 2023 to 2025 under President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Lozano served as an officer of the National Army of Uruguay for more than 30 years, in different battalions and artillery groups. He held the positions of Head of Division of the National Directorate of State Intelligence and General Director of the Material and Armament Service. Likewise, he participated in the United Nations peacekeeping missions in Cambodia and the Ivory Coast, and as advisor in the peace negotiations between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government. While serving in Cambodia he was kidnapped by the Khmer Rouge and held hostage for several days.
In politics, he is one of the founders of the Movimiento Social Artiguista — Open Cabildo, which participated for the first time in the 2019 general election. From 2020 to 2023 he served as Senator of the Republic. Since April 2024 he is the chairman of Open Cabildo.