What is Jorge Zabalza?
{{Infobox person | name = Jorge Zabalza | image = Jorge Zabalza.jpg | caption = Zabalza in 2006. | birth_name = Jorge Pedro Zabalza Waksman | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1943|11|30}} | birth_place= [[Minas, Uruguay|Minas]], Uruguay | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|02|23|1943|11|30}} | death_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay | nationality = Uruguayan | occupation = Politician, writer | known_for = | party = [[Tupamaros]] <br/> [[Movement of Popular Participation]] | office = President of the ''Junta Departamental de Montevideo'' }} '''Jorge Pedro Zabalza Waksman''' (30 November 1943 – 23 February 2022) was a Uruguayan politician and writer.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 February 2022|title=Muere Jorge Zabalza, exguerrillero tupamaro uruguayo|trans-title= |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/america/politica/muere-jorge-zabalza-exguerrillero-tupamaro-uruguayo/20000035-4746355|language=Spanish|work=[[EFE]]|location= |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref> He was a former leader within the political organization [[Tupamaros]]. He was president of the ''Junta Departamental de Montevideo''. Zabalza died in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]] on 23 February 2022 from [[oesophageal cancer]], aged 78.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=23 February 2022|title=Muere Jorge Zabalza, exguerrillero tupamaro uruguayo|trans-title=|url=https://holanews.com/muere-jorge-zabalza-exguerrillero-tupamaro-uruguayo/|language=Spanish|work=Hola News|location=|access-date=27 February 2022|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226202337/https://holanews.com/muere-jorge-zabalza-exguerrillero-tupamaro-uruguayo/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zabalza, Jorge}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Uruguay]] [[Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer]] [[Category:Uruguayan politicians]] [[Category:Uruguayan writers]] {{bio-stub}}