Ana Lía Piñeyrúa
Ana Lía Piñeyrúa | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | |
| In office 1 March 1995 – 7 December 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Reilly Salaverri |
| Succeeded by | Juan Ignacio Mangado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1954 |
| Party | National Party |
| Alma mater | University of the Republic |
Ana Lía Piñeyrúa Olmos (born 23 November 1954) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Labor from 1995 to 1999. A member of the National Party, she was appointed to the Electoral Court of Uruguay in 2017.
Biography
Ana Lía Piñeyrúa Olmos graduated with a law degree from the University of the Republic and was a supporter of the National Party from a young age.[1] She was the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Party, serving from 1983 to 1984.[2] During the 1980s she was affiliated with the ACF faction of the National Party.[1] In 1987, while a member of the Movimiento Nacional de Rocha, she criticized blanket amnesties offered in the aftermath of the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay.[3] She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies during the 1989 Uruguayan general election and served until 1995.[1]
In 1995, President Julio María Sanguinetti of the Colorado Party appointed her as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in his coalition government; she worked with Ariel Davrieux, then head of the Office of Planning and Budget, to successfully reform Uruguay's pension system.[4][5] She was a regional director for the International Labour Organization from 1999 to 2009.[2]
Piñeyrúa was returned to the legislature in the 2009 Uruguayan general election, this time affiliated with the Concordia Nacional movement.[1] She stood down for the 2014 Uruguayan general election, having withdrawn from the Concordia Nacional and endorsed Jorge Larrañaga for the National Party's presidential primary.[6]
In 2017, she was appointed to the Electoral Court of Uruguay by the National Party.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Ana Lía Piñeyrúa Olmos" (PDF). Parlamento UY (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Dra. Ana Lía Piñeyrua". Corte Electoral (in Spanish). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Waksman, Guillermo (5 August 1987). "En materia de justicia, estamos lejos de una solución a la argentina". Brecha (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026 – via Archivo Sociedades en Movimiento.
- ↑ "Uruguayan Ministries". Rulers.org. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ Piñeyrúa, Ana Lía (1 October 2001). "Reforma de la seguridad social (editorial)". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ ""Lacalle Pou eligió no confrontar con el Frente para atraer votantes arrepentidos"". El Observador (in Spanish). 23 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Souza, Rosalía (14 July 2019). "Estos son los ministros que deberán analizar el futuro de la fórmula electoral colorada". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
External links
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