Uruguay
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Sebastián Andújar
Álvarez de Ron
(Male)
Year of birth
1974
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
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
Current number of members, by sex
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.
Age
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)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
31-40
46-50
51-60
61-70
81-90
0
91 and over
0
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 |
Reserved seats and quotas
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
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
80
Number of women elected
19
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
19.19%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
19
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
80
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
19
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Martín
Lema
(Male)
Political party
National Party (PN)
Date of election
15.02.2020
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1932
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1932
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1942
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1963
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Bicameral Women's Caucus
(March 2000)
Formal or informal
Informal
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
Membership is open to all Deputies, Senators and their alternates, across parties, with interest in the topic.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
No
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
Main themes: gender violence, women's health, budget, trafficking and sexual exploitation, the National Integrated Care System, and political participation.
A big success has been the approval of a law against domestic violence - legislators worked to educate men to pass this law (there were only 10% of women in parliament when this law was passed).
A big success has been the approval of a law against domestic violence - legislators worked to educate men to pass this law (there were only 10% of women in parliament when this law was passed).
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
No
The caucus has a communication plan
No
Contact information for the Committee
E-mail