49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay
The Forty-Nine Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay is the current meeting of the upper house of the Uruguayan General Assembly. It convened in Montevideo, on February 15, 2020, and will end on February 15, 2025, during the Presidency of Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou. Senators were elected in the 2019 general election in a single constituency.
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | General Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Uruguay | ||
Meeting place | Montevideo | ||
Term | 15 February 2020 – 15 February 2025 | ||
Election | 27 October 2019 | ||
Website | parlamento | ||
Senate | |||
Members | 30 senators | ||
President | Beatriz Argimón (PN) | ||
Party control | Coalición Multicolor (PN, PC, PI, CA, PG) | ||
Sessions | |||
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Major events
- 15 February 2020: Assume the new legislature. The Chamber of Senators was chaired by José Mujica, awaiting the inauguration of the new vice president.[1][2]
- 1 March 2020: The new Vice President Beatriz Argimón, who serves as President of the Senate, took office.[3]
Party summary
Party | Senate | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
Broad Front | 949,376 | 40.49 | 13 | –2 | |
National Party | 696,452 | 29.70 | 10 | 0 | |
Colorado Party | 300,177 | 12.80 | 4 | 0 | |
Open Cabildo | 268,736 | 11.46 | 3 | New | |
Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente | 33,461 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | |
Party of the Folk | 26,313 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent Party | 23,580 | 1.01 | 0 | –1 | |
Popular Unity | 19,728 | 0.84 | 0 | 0 | |
Green Animalist Party | 19,392 | 0.83 | 0 | New | |
Digital Party | 6,363 | 0.27 | 0 | New | |
Workers' Party | 1,387 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 88,399 | – | – | – | |
Total | 2,433,364 | 100 | 30 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,699,978 | 90.13 | – | – | |
Source: Corte Electoral; El País |
Members
Seat number | Senator | Party | Term | |||
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From | To | Notes | ||||
President of the Senate | José Mujica | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | President from the beginning of the legislature until the inauguration of the Vice President. | |
Beatriz Argimón | National Party | 1 March 2020 | She took office as Vice President of the Republic. | |||
1st. | José Mujica | Broad Front | 1 March 2020 | |||
2nd | Lucía Topolansky | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
3rd | Eduardo Bonomi | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
4th | Sandra Lazo | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
5th | Charles Carrera | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
6th | Mario Bergara | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
7th | Liliam Kechichián | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
8th | Enrique Rubio | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
9th | Amanda Della Ventura | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
10th | Óscar Andrade | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
11th | Carolina Cosse | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
12th | Daniel Olesker | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | |||
13th | José Carlos Mahía | Broad Front | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | He assumes as first substitute while Danilo Astori serves as Minister of Economy. | |
Danilo Astori | Broad Front | 1 March 2020 | ||||
14th | Carmen Asiaín | National Party | 15 February 2020 | The holder was Luis Lacalle Pou but he took office as President of the Republic. The first substitute; Falero resigned when he was appointed Deputy Director of the Planning and Budget Office. | ||
15th | Álvaro Delgado | National Party | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | He resigned when he was appointed Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay. Amin Niffouri took over. | |
Amin Niffouri | National Party | 1 March 2020 | ||||
16th | Graciela Bianchi | National Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
17th | Luis Alberto Heber | National Party | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | He resigned when he was appointed Minister of Transport and Public Works. | |
Gustavo Penadés | National Party | 1 March 2020 | ||||
18th | Sergio Botana | National Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
19th | Gloria Rodríguez Santo | National Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
20th | Javier García | National Party | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | He resigned when he was appointed Minister of National Defense. | |
Sergio Abreu | National Party | 1 March 2020 | ||||
21st | Jorge Larrañaga | National Party | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | He resigned when he was appointed Minister of the Interior. | |
Carlos Camy | National Party | 1 March 2020 | ||||
22nd | Jorge Gandini | National Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
23rd | Juan Sartori | National Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
24th | Ernesto Talvi | Colorado Party | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | He resigned when he was appointed Minister of the Foreign Relations. | |
Carmen Sanguinetti | Colorado Party | 1 March 2020 | ||||
25th | Adrián Peña | Colorado Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
26th | Julio María Sanguinetti | Colorado Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
27th | Germán Coutinho | Colorado Party | 15 February 2020 | |||
28th | Guido Manini Ríos | Open Cabildo | 15 February 2020 | |||
29th | Guillermo Domenech | Open Cabildo | 15 February 2020 | |||
30th | Irene Moreira | Open Cabildo | 15 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | She resigned when he was appointed Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment of Uruguay . | |
Raúl Lozano | Open Cabildo | 1 March 2020 | ||||
Source: Members of the Senate |
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References
- Observador, El. "La asunción del nuevo Parlamento: así fue el inicio de la legislatura". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Asumieron diputados y senadores que ocuparán sus bancas durante los próximos cinco años - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Luis Lacalle Pou asume este domingo como presidente de los uruguayos - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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