Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Parliament of Uruguay
(Female suffrage 1932)
Also see Urugay Ministers
The Parliament
consists of the Senado and
1963, 1965 and 1967 President of
the Senato Alba Roballo
ca. 1997 3.
Vice-President of
the Cámera de Representantes Doreen Javier
Iberra
2001-03 3. Vice-President
ca. 1997
Prosecretary of
the Cámera de Representantes Margarita Reyes
Galván
1999-2005 Secretaria Relatora
2006-08 and 2009-
2000-01 2.
Vice-President of
the Cámera de Representantes Margarita Percovich
Elected Senator in 2005.
2001-03 4. Vice-President of the Cámera de Representantes Yanneth Puñales Brun
2004-05 Vice-President of the Cámera de
Representantes Nora Maria Castro
Navajas
2005-06 President of the Cámera de Representantes
MP for Movement of Popular
Participation (b. 1947-).
2004-05 1. Vice-President of the Senate
Ana Marina Arismendi Dubinsky
Member of the Collective Leadership of Partido Comunista
1992-98, since 1992
Member of the Leadership of the
Representativa del Frente Amplio (The Left Alliance) and from
1998 Secretary General of the
Partido Comunista. Elected Senator in 1994 and from 2005 Minister of Social
Affairs. (b. 1948-).
2005-07 Designate President of
the Cámera de Representantes
Daisy
Tourné
Socialist MP since 1995 and member of the leftwing alliance, she was
designated as the future President of the Chamber of Representatives
for the legislative year of 2008-09. But in
2007 she was Appointed Minister of Interior. (b. 1951-).
2006-10 Prosecretary of the Senate Claudia Palacio
2007-08 2. Vice-President of the Senate Mónica Xavier
2009-10 3. Vice-President of the
Cámera de
Representantes Sandra Etcheverry
2010- President of the Cámera de
Representantes Ivonne Passada
Member of the
House from 2005. (b. 1956-).
2010 President of the Inagural Session of
the Senate Lucia Topolansky
As the senator
elected with the highest number of the votes, she will swear in the other
Senators and Members of the House of Representatives. She was Mamber of the
HOuse 2000-09, Senate Leader of lista 609 in the
Frente Amplio from 2010 and
married to José Mujica, President of the Republic 2010-15. (b. 1944-)
Last update 17.02.10