Alejandro “Pacha” Sánchez was born in Montevideo in 1980. He is a politician and a member of the left-wing coalition Frente Amplio, in which he has held various positions in the Uruguayan government, including serving as President of the House of Representatives in 2015 and later taking the Senate seat vacated by former President José “Pepe” Mujica. Since March 2025, he has been the Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay, a high-profile role equivalent to a cabinet-level minister. 

In 2007, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Montevideo local council, and in 2009 he was elected National Representative, being re-elected twice more, in 2014 and 2019. In 2020, after the retirement from legislative work of former President José Mujica, Sánchez took his place in the Senate. 

During this period, Sánchez played an increasingly important role in the leadership of the Frente Amplio, becoming one of the strongest voices of the opposition when the coalition was not in government. 

In the 2024 election, he headed the ballot of the Movimiento de Participación Popular, the largest faction within the Frente Amplio. This made him the most-voted Senator, while Yamandú Orsi was elected President of Uruguay. 

At the start of the new government in March 2025, he was appointed Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay, a key role in facilitating dialogue and internal negotiations both within the Cabinet and with the political opposition. From this position, he has become one of the main architects of Uruguay’s new policy on mediation and dialogue facilitation, believing that the stability and trustworthiness of Uruguay as a small country from Latin America can help it contribute to conflict resolution and dialogue facilitation in the region and around the world.