Ana Lía Piñeyrúa Olmos (born 23 November 1954) is a
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an 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
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in his coalition government; she took part in the reformulation of the Uruguayan pensions system.
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She was a regional director for
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
in 2000–2008.
In 2010 she was once again elected to the Parliament.
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Living people
1954 births
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Uruguayan women lawyers
Women government ministers of Uruguay
National Party (Uruguay) politicians
Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs of Uruguay
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