Martín Lema

Martín Alejandro Lema Perretta (born September 6, 1982) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lema and the second or maternal family name is Perretta.
Martín Lema
President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
Assumed office
15 February 2020
Preceded byCecilia Bottino
Representative of Uruguay
for Montevideo
Assumed office
15 February 2015
Personal details
Born
Martín Alejandro Lema Peretta

(1982-09-06) 6 September 1982
Political partyNational Party
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
OccupationLawyer and politician

Graduated from the University of the Republic, he served as Representative between 2015 and 2020. [1] Since February 15, 2020, he is the President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay. [2]

Political career

He began his political career in 2006 with the current President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou. Two years later, on September 11, 2008, and accompanied by other young people, they founded the Montevideo 404 list. In the October 2014 election, he was elected National Representative for Montevideo by List 404, effectively assuming his seat in February 2015. During the period, he focused on issues related to health and social policies. He was a member of the Health and Social Assistance Commission of the House of Representatives, for which he was appointed president during the second term of the legislature (2017). In the same year, the legislator encouraged the installation of the first cardiac IMAE in the north of the country.

Among initiatives[3] and requests for a report,[4] in 2017 he promoted and promoted the creation of the investigative Commission "Management of ASSE since 2008 and the scam of FONASA", whose work finally determined the removal of the ASSE leadership from the then President of the Republic, Tabaré Vázquez, on February 14, 2018. [5][6]

President of the Chamber of Representatives

In the first session of the 49th Legislature of the Chamber of Representatives, he was elected President of the House, being voted by 98 votes of 99 deputies present. In his investiture speech, he announced that his measures will focus on a "strengthening of control" of parliamentary activity. [7]

References
  1. Observador, El. "Los diputados sub 40 que mueven la pelota en el parlamento". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. "Martín Lema: "Nos proponemos hacer una rendición de cuentas desde el primer día"". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. "Proyectos presentados | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  4. "Pedidos de Informes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  5. Observador, El. "Tabaré Vázquez remueve a directores políticos de ASSE: Muñiz, Ardus y Rodríguez Rienzi". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  6. cronicas (2018-07-27). "Martín Lema: "Estoy evaluando seriamente plantear la eliminación del corralito mutual"". Crónicas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  7. "Martín Lema prometió medidas para "fortalecer el control" de legisladores". Diario La República (in Spanish). 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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