Beatriz Argimón

Beatriz Argimón
Secretary of the board of the National Party, Alternate Senator
In office
2014–2018
Deputy of the Republic
In office
2005–2010
Constituency Montevideo Department
Deputy of the Republic
In office
2000–2005
Constituency Montevideo Department
President of the Institute of Children and Adolescents of Uruguay
Personal details
Born (1961-08-14) 14 August 1961
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party National Party
Spouse(s) Jorge Fernández Reyes (2009 – present)
Alma mater University of the Republic
Occupation Notary, politician

Beatriz Argimón (born 14 August 1961) is a Uruguayan notary and politician of the National Party (PN). She was a deputy for Montevideo Department.[1]

A notary public by profession, she also studied human rights, family law, and juvenile law.

She has been a member and director of the National Party Honorable Directorate since 2009.

Political career

Beatriz Argimón began her militancy in 1977 at age 16,[1] and after 30 years she has held positions as councillor and deputy of the Republic. She is an advocate for women's rights in the Chamber of Representatives, and together with other representatives has worked to defend the rights of women in need. She was one of the founders of the "Political Women's Network" and the "Bicameral Women's Caucus" of the Uruguayan parliament.[2]

During the presidential term of the nationalist Luis Alberto Lacalle, she was director of the National Institute of Minors (INAME), currently INAU.[3] Together with Julia Pou, she founded the Acción Comunitaria group (Lista 400) and was elected deputy for the term 2000–2005.[4] Later she joined the Wilsonist Current, returning to be elected deputy for the term 2005–2010.[5] She became the first woman reelected consecutively in the history of the National Party.

In the course of 2007, Argimón declared herself independent within the PN.[5] In the internal election of 2009 she presented her own list (2018), which supported the candidacy of Jorge Larrañaga.[6]

In 2014, she supported the candidacy of Dr. Luis Lacalle Pou for the Presidency of the Republic, having served as one of his alternates in the Senate.[7] She is currently Secretary of the National Party's board of directors for sector list 404.

Other activities

Since 2015 Argimón has been president of the Josefa Oribe Study and Training Center.[8]

She currently hosts a cable program called Diseñarte.[9]

In 2007, together with Glenda Rondán and several Uruguayan public women and actresses, she performed in the play The Vagina Monologues, for the benefit of the House of Women and in order to denounce violence against women.[10]

From 2008 to 2011 she served as a panelist on the Teledoce weekday program Esta boca es mía.[1]

She was president of the Álvarez Caldeyro Barcia Foundation, which deals with premature children.

Argimón married Jorge Fernández Reyes on 14 December 2009.[11] She has two children from a previous marriage.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Beatriz Argimón". LaRed21 (in Spanish). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Una historia distinta de la Bancada Bicameral Femenina" [A Varied History of the Women's Bicameral Caucus]. La República (in Spanish). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Que nadie se escape" [Let No One Escape]. La Diaria (in Spanish). 4 August 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "González: 'El tema del alejamiento de Proyecto XXI de Alianza Nacional fue el de los ministerios y los cargos'" [González: 'The Issue of the Removal of Project XXI From the National Alliance Was That of the Ministries and the Charges']. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 10 May 2000. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Argimón se aleja de Correntada Wilsonista" [Argimón Moves Away From Wilsonist Current] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Álvarez, Cecilia (8 July 2011). "Sin que me echen" [Without Being Thrown Out]. La Diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lista de consenso al Directorio blanco" [Consensus List for the White Directorate]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "El centro de estudios y formación Josefa Oribe elige nuevas autoridades" [The Josefa Oribe Study and Training Center Chooses New Authorities] (in Spanish). National Party. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Diseñarte y Drapart". El País (in Spanish). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "'Monólogos de la vagina': un discurso desde las entrañas" ['Vagina Monologues': A Speech From the Loins]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 23 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Se casó Beatriz Argimón" [Beatriz Argimón Gets Married] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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