Supreme Court of Uruguay

The Supreme Court of Uruguay (Spanish: Suprema Corte de Justicia) is the highest court of law of Uruguay. It serves as the highest appeals court, and appoints and oversees all other judges.

It was established in 1907. It is housed in the Palacio Piria, a masterpiece of eclectic architecture from 1917.[1]

Integration

The Supreme Court is composed of five members, named Ministers of the Supreme Court:

• Jorge Ruibal (President)
• Jorge Larrieux
• Jorge Chediak
• Ricardo Pérez Manrique
• Julio César Chalar

Former and present members

Name	Period	Name	Period
Carlos Fein	1907–1908	Edenes A. Mallo	1965–1974
Domingo González	1907–1908	Velarde Cerdeiras	1967–1972
Luis Piera	1907–1910	Álvaro Méndez Modernell	1972–1974
Ezequiel Garzón	1907–1925	Rómulo Vago	1972–1978
Benito Cuñarro	1907–1928	Carlos Dubra	1972–1981
Luis Romeu Burgues	1908–1925	Sabino Dante Sabini	1973–1979
Julio Bastos	1908–1929	Agustín de Vega	1974–1976
Pablo de María	1911–1914	Francisco José Márcora	1974–1978
Abel Pinto	1914–1934	José Pedro Gatto de Souza	1976–1984
Ramón Montero Paullier	1925–1928	Enrique Frigerio	1978–1983
Miguel V. Martínez	1925–1933	Ramiro López Rivas	1978–1984
Teófilo Piñeiro	1928–1931	José Pedro Igoa	1979–1981
Juan A. Méndez del Marco	1928–1939	Erik Colombo	1981–1982
Julio Guani	1929–1944	Sara Fons de Genta	1981–1985
Pedro Aladio	1931–1934	Juan José Silva Delgado	1983–1985
Juan Aguirre y González	1934–1940	Rafael Addiego Bruno	1984–1993
Mariano Pereira Núñez	1935–1938	Jacinta Balbela	1985–1989
Blas Vidal	1935–1938	Nelson Nicoliello	1985–1989
Román Álvarez Cortés	1938–1941	Armando Tommasino	1985–1992
Zoilo Saldías	1938–1942	Nelson García Otero	1985–1992
Jaime Cibils Larravide	1940–1942	Jorge Pessano	1989–1990
Juan José Aguiar	1940–1948	Jorge Marabotto	1990–2000
Amaro Carve Urioste	1941–1945	Luis Torello	1991–1998
José B. Nattino	1942–1947	Raúl Alonso de Marco	1992–2002
Juan M. Minelli	1942–1949	Juan Mariño Chiarlone	1993–2001
Eduardo Artecona	1944–1953	Milton Cairoli	1993–2003
Enrique Armand Ugón	1945–1952	Gervasio Guillot	1998–2003
Francisco Gamarra	1947–1953	Roberto Parga	2000–2007
Bolívar Baliñas	1949–1950	Leslie van Rompaey	2002–2012
Álvaro Macedo	1949–1959	Daniel Gutiérrez	2002–2012
Rivera Astigarraga	1951–1961	Pablo Troise	2003–2006
Manuel López Esponda	1952–1962	Hipólito Rodríguez Caorsi	2003–2009
Luis Alberto Bouza	1954–1964	Sara Bossio	2006–2008
Julio César De Gregorio	1954–1964	Jorge Ruibal	2007–
Esteban Ruiz	1962–1967	Jorge Larrieux	2008–
Hamlet Reyes	1962–1972	Jorge Chediak	2009–
Emilio Siemens Amaro	1962–1972	Ricardo Pérez Manrique	2012–
Alberto Sánchez Rogé	1965–1973	Julio César Chalar	2012–2016

References

1. Palacio Piria Archived 1 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Uruguayan Judiciary