Carlos Rydström
Carlos Rydström | |
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Rydström in 2025 | |
| National Representative | |
| Assumed office 15 February 2025 | |
| Constituency | Montevideo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 22, 1992 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Party | Colorado |
| Education | University of the Republic |
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Carlos Augusto Rydström Henderson (born April 22, 1992) is a Uruguayan agricultural engineer and politician, serving as a National Representative in the 50th Legislature. A member of the Colorado Party, he served as Director General of Rural Development at the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2020 to 2023.
Early life and education
Rydström was born and raised in Montevideo in a family of agricultural engineers. He graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in agricultural engineering and earned a diploma in agriculture from Lincoln University in New Zealand in 2012.
Career
He joined the Colorado Party in early 2010 at the age of 17.[1] From December 2014 to June 2025, he was a member of the Departmental Executive Committee, the party's highest governing body in the Montevideo Department, where he eventually served as its secretary-general.[2][3]
In the 2019 general election, he endorsed Ernesto Talvi for president and ran unsuccessfully for the Chamber of Representatives.[4] During the presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou, he held several positions in the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, serving as Director of the Unit for Decentralization and Departmental Coordination from March to August 2020, and as Director of the General Directorate of Rural Development from September 2020 to November 2023.[5][6]
In October 2023, Lista 30, the electoral list led by Rydström, withdrew from the Ciudadanos faction to support Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugón’s presidential pre-candidacy ahead of the 2024 Colorado Party primaries.[7] In that year's general election, he ran again for the Chamber of Representatives as the second candidate on the Lista 10 electoral list of Vamos Uruguay, the faction led by Pedro Bordaberry in the Senate race, and was elected to the 50th Legislature.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Carlos Rydstrom: Descentralización, gestión, política, y profesión". El Espectador 810 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Felipe Schipani será el nuevo secretario general departamental en Montevideo del PC". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ Schusman, Gervasio (2022-10-12). "Colorados de Montevideo llaman a "bajar la pelota" con el tema Carolina Cosse". 970 Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ "Los 270 autos de la lista 40 y la pareja de ciegos que votó a Talvi". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Lacalle Pou busca completar lista de nuevos cargos en el Estado y las empresas públicas". EL PAIS. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Resolución S/N/023 Se acepta la renuncia presentada por Carlos Rydstrom". Presidencia Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "La Lista 30 del Partido Colorado se desafilió de Ciudadanos y apoyará la precandidatura de Gurméndez". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Uno a uno, los 99 diputados que asumirán este sábado; Sebastián Valdomir, del MPP, será el presidente de la cámara". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ ""Haber recorrido el territorio nos dio 13 diputados contra dos de Ojeda y dos de Silva"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-22.