Uruguay
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Asamblea General (General Assembly)
Chamber name
Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1930 to 1935
from 1985
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC)
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the House of Representatives
Speaker
Sebastián Andújar
Álvarez de Ron
(Male)
Year of birth
1974
Term
01.03.2023 to 29.02.2024
Additional information
For the first year of the five-year term of the legislature, the Speaker occupies the post from 15 February until the end of February of the next year. For the rest second, third and the fourth year of the legislature, the Speaker occupies the post from 1 March until the end of February of the next year. The last Speaker of the legislature occupies the post from 1 March until 14 February of the following year.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
First Secretary (Secretario Redactor)
Secretary General
Fernando
Ripoll Falcone
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Elected on 22 April 2020 for the 49th Legislature (2020 - 2025).
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
99
Note on the statutory number of members
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Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
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Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sebastián Cal Urrutia (Male)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 36 | Total >= 46: 63 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Members for whom data is available
99
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Legislated candidate quotas. Candidates of both sexes must be represented in every three places on electoral lists, either throughout the entire list or in the first fifteen places. Where only two seats are contested, one of the two candidates must be a woman
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Cf. Law nº 18.476, Article 2.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.