Ana Lía Piñeyrúa

Ana Lía Piñeyrúa
Piñeyrúa is third from left
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
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party National Party
Alma mater University of the Republic

Ana Lía Piñeyrúa Olmos (born 23 November 1954 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician, belonging to the National Party.

Biography

A member of the National Party, in the 1980s she was an advocate of democracy, fighting against the civic-military dictatorship. In 1989 she was elected to the Parliament.

In 1995, President Julio María Sanguinetti appointed her as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in his coalition government; she took part in the reformulation of the Uruguayan pensions system.[1][2]

She was a regional director for International Labour Organization in 2000-2008.

In 2010 she was once again elected to the Parliament.

References

  1. ↑ "Uruguayan Ministries". Rulers.org. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Uruguayan pensions system reform". El País. Retrieved 29 July 2013. (in Spanish)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.