49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay

The Forty-Nine Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay is the current meeting of the upper house of the Uruguayan General Assembly. It convened in Montevideo, on February 15, 2020, and will end on February 15, 2025, during the Presidency of Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou. Senators were elected in the 2019 general election in a single constituency.

49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Assembly
JurisdictionUruguay
Meeting placeMontevideo
Term15 February 2020 – 15 February 2025
Election27 October 2019
Websiteparlamento.gub.uy
Senate
Members30 senators
PresidentBeatriz Argimón (PN)
Party controlCoalición Multicolor (PN, PC, PI, CA, PG)
Sessions
1st15 February 2020 – 15 December 2020
Composition of the Chamber

Major events
  • 15 February 2020: Assume the new legislature. The Chamber of Senators was chaired by José Mujica, awaiting the inauguration of the new vice president.[1][2]
  • 1 March 2020: The new Vice President Beatriz Argimón, who serves as President of the Senate, took office.[3]
  • 1 April 2020: A bill presented by President Lacalle Pou to soften the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is unanimously approved; Law No. 19,874 created the "Coronavirus Fund".[4]
  • 23 April 2020: A package of measures is presented by the Government through a "law of urgent consideration" to be legislated.[5]
  • 20 October 2020: 2 former Presidents, Julio María Sanguinetti (1980–1985, 1995–2000) and José Mujica (2010–2015) retired together from the Senate, resigning from their senatorial seats, both alleging their advanced age.[6][7]
  • 15 December 2020: The General Assembly met to close the first session of the Legislature.[8]
  • 16 December 2020: Vice President Beatriz Argimón summons Parliament for a special session to legislate the measures announced by President Lacalle Pou due to the exponential growth of cases of COVID-19.[9][10]
  • 19 December 2020: The Senate, in an all-night session, approves a law that regulates Article 38 of the Constitution, thus limiting the right of assembly for 60 days.[11] In addition, the border closure was also legislated, framed in Article 37.[12]

Party summary
Party Senate
Votes % Seats +/–
Broad Front 949,376 40.49 13 –2
National Party 696,452 29.70 10 0
Colorado Party 300,177 12.80 4 0
Open Cabildo 268,736 11.46 3 New
Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente 33,461 1.43 0 0
Party of the Folk 26,313 1.12 0 0
Independent Party 23,580 1.01 0 –1
Popular Unity 19,728 0.84 0 0
Green Animalist Party 19,392 0.83 0 New
Digital Party 6,363 0.27 0 New
Workers' Party 1,387 0.06 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 88,399 – – –
Total 2,433,364 100 30 0
Registered voters/turnout 2,699,978 90.13 – –
Source: Corte Electoral; El País

Members
Seat number Senator Party Term
From To Notes
President of the Senate José Mujica Broad Front 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 President from the beginning of the legislature until the inauguration of the Vice President.
Beatriz Argimón National Party 1 March 2020 She took office as Vice President of the Republic.
1st. José Mujica Broad Front 1 March 2020 20 October 2020 He resigned due to suffering from an autoimmune disease and the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]
Alejandro Sánchez Broad Front
2nd Lucía Topolansky Broad Front 15 February 2020
3rd Eduardo Bonomi Broad Front 15 February 2020
4th Sandra Lazo Broad Front 15 February 2020
5th Charles Carrera Broad Front 15 February 2020
6th Mario Bergara Broad Front 15 February 2020
7th Liliam Kechichián Broad Front 15 February 2020
8th Enrique Rubio Broad Front 15 February 2020
9th Amanda Della Ventura Broad Front 15 February 2020
10th Óscar Andrade Broad Front 15 February 2020
11th Carolina Cosse Broad Front 15 February 2020
12th Daniel Olesker Broad Front 15 February 2020
13th José Carlos Mahía Broad Front 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 He assumes as first substitute while Danilo Astori serves as Minister of Economy.
Danilo Astori Broad Front 1 March 2020
14th Carmen Asiaín National Party 15 February 2020 The holder was Luis Lacalle Pou but he took office as President of the Republic. The first substitute; Falero resigned when he was appointed Deputy Director of the Planning and Budget Office.
15th Álvaro Delgado National Party 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 He resigned when he was appointed Secretary of the Presidency of Uruguay. Amin Niffouri took over.
Amin Niffouri National Party 1 March 2020
16th Graciela Bianchi National Party 15 February 2020
17th Luis Alberto Heber National Party 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 He resigned when he was appointed Minister of Transport and Public Works.
Gustavo Penadés National Party 1 March 2020
18th Sergio Botana National Party 15 February 2020
19th Gloria Rodríguez Santo National Party 15 February 2020
20th Javier García National Party 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 He resigned when he was appointed Minister of National Defense.
Sergio Abreu National Party 1 March 2020
21st Jorge Larrañaga National Party 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 He resigned when he was appointed Minister of the Interior.
Carlos Camy National Party 1 March 2020
22nd Jorge Gandini National Party 15 February 2020
23rd Juan Sartori National Party 15 February 2020
24th Ernesto Talvi Colorado Party 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 He resigned when he was appointed Minister of the Foreign Relations.
Carmen Sanguinetti Colorado Party 1 March 2020
25th Adrián Peña Colorado Party 15 February 2020
26th Julio María Sanguinetti Colorado Party 15 February 2020 20 October 2020 He resigned his seat.[14]
Tabaré Viera Colorado Party
27th Germán Coutinho Colorado Party 15 February 2020
28th Guido Manini Ríos Open Cabildo 15 February 2020
29th Guillermo Domenech Open Cabildo 15 February 2020
30th Irene Moreira Open Cabildo 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 She resigned when he was appointed Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment of Uruguay .
Raúl Lozano Open Cabildo 1 March 2020
Source: Members of the Senate

References
  1. Observador, El. "La asunción del nuevo Parlamento: así fue el inicio de la legislatura". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Asumieron diputados y senadores que ocuparán sus bancas durante los próximos cinco años - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Luis Lacalle Pou asume este domingo como presidente de los uruguayos - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. "Parlamento aprueba creación del Fondo Coronavirus". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  5. barias (2020-04-23). "LEY DE URGENTE CONSIDERACIÓN INGRESÓ AL PARLAMENTO". Parlamento del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  6. ElPais. "El adiós de Mujica y Sanguinetti al Senado: del abrazo entre ellos al cariño de los funcionarios". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  7. diaria, la (2020-10-19). "Mujica y Sanguinetti renuncian este martes a su banca en el Senado". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  8. barias (2020-12-15). "CLAUSURA DEL PRIMER PERÍODO DE LA XLIXª LEGISLATURA". Parlamento del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. marbelo (2020-12-16). "CITACIÓN DE SENADO". Parlamento del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  10. ElPais. "Parlamento convoca a sesión extraordinaria para legislar los anuncios que hizo Lacalle". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  11. ElPais. "Coalición aprueba límite a reuniones sin votos del FA; medida comienza a regir desde el lunes". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  12. de 2020, 19 de Diciembre. "El Parlamento uruguayo ratificó la ley impulsada por Lacalle Pou para cerrar las fronteras durante 20 días por el COVID-19". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  13. "Former President of Uruguay José 'Pepe' Mujica formalizes his resignation from the Senate and retires from politics". Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  14. ElPais. "Así fue la despedida de Sanguinetti y Mujica en el Senado". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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