Events in the year 2017 in Uruguay. Incumbents President: Tabaré Vázquez Vice President: Raúl Fernando Sendic (until September 13), Lucía Topolansky (starting September 13) Events Deaths 5 January – Jorge Sanguinetti, politician (b. 1934). 24 September – Washington Benavides, poet and musician (b. 1930). 8 October – Coriún Aharonián, electroacoustic music composer and musicologist (b. 1940). 30 October – Daniel Viglietti, folk singer, guitarist, composer and political activist (b. 1939). 20 November – Amir Hamed, writer and translator (b. 1962). 21 November – Luis Garisto, footballer (b. 1945). References 2010s in Uruguay Years of the 21st century in Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay