Robert Bouvier Torterolo

Robert Bouvier Torterolo is a Uruguayan accountant and politician of the Colorado Party, who served as Minister of Environment from 2023 to 2025, under president Luis Lacalle Pou.

Political career

Bouvier began his political militancy in 1993 on the Lista 15 faction of the Colorado Party. He was edil of Lavalleja Department in three terms. In the 2010 municipal elections he ran for Intendant of Lavalleja, placing second within his party.
After integrating Vamos Uruguay, in 2018 he joined the Ciudadanos faction.

Minister of Environment

At the end of January 2023, he was appointed Minister of the Environment by President Luis Lacalle Pou after the resignation of Adrián Peña amid a controversy.