Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Parliament of Uruguay (Female suffrage 1932)
Also see Urugay Ministers
The Parliament consists of the Senado and
circa 1997 Prosecretary of the Cámara de Representantes Margarita Reyes Galván
1999-2005 Secretaria Relatora
2006-08 and 2009-
2000-01 2. Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes Margarita Percovich
Elected Senator in 2005.
2001-03 4. Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes Yanneth Puñales Brun
2010- Prosecretary of the Senate
2004-05 Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes Nora Maria Castro Navajas
2005-06 President of the Cámara de Representantes
Nora Castro was 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 Minister of Social Affairs 200510 and from 2015. (b. 1948-).
2005-07 Designate President of the Cámara de Representantes Daisy Tourné
2011 1. Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes
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 and 2012-13 2. Vice-President of the Senate Mónica Xavier
2009-10 3. Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes Sandra Etcheverry
2010-11 President of the Cámara de Representantes Ivonne Passada
2015- 1. Vice-President of the Senate
Member of the Chamber of Representatives 2005-15 and became Senator 2015. (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-)
2011-12 Secretary-Rapporteur of the Cámara de Representantes Virginia Ortiz
2012-15 Secretary of the Cámara de Representantes
2012-13 2. Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes Susana Pereyra
2013-14 1. Vice-President of the Cámara de Representantes Daniela Payssé
2014-15 Secretary of the Senate Yeanneth Puñales Brun
2017 - Lucía Topolansky Saavedra, Uruguay
Last update 10.03.15