Ana Carolina Cosse Garrido (born December 25, 1962) is a

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an engineer and politician of the Broad Front coalition, serving as

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since November 27, 2020. She served as Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining from 2015 to 2019, during the second administration of

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. At

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, she was elected as Senator of Uruguay, assuming at February 15, 2020. On September 27, 2020, she was elected as

, the capital of the country.

Early life and education

She was born in

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, on December 25, 1961, as the daughter of Zulma Garrido and

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, a history teacher and an actor, respectively. In 1991, Cosse graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the

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in Montevideo, with a degree in electrical engineering. In 2009, at the same study center, she obtained a master's degree in Mathematical Engineering.

Political career

Her activity in politics began in 2008, when she assumed the position of director of the Information Technology Division of the Departmental Government of Montevideo. Among the tasks performed in office, the direction of technological implementation of the city's Metropolitan Transportation System (STM) stands out. In May 2010, President

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appointed her as president of

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(''National Administration of Telecommunications''), a position she held until 2015. In December 2014, after confirming the election of

for a new presidential term, it was announced that Cosse was going to be the head of the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy, position she assumed on March 2, 2015.

2019 Presidential Candidacy

In 2018, she began to be seen as a possible candidate for the presidency or vice-presidency for the 2019 election. On November 10, 2018, the Plenary of the Broad Front proclaimed Cosse, Daniel Martínez, Óscar Andrade and Mario Bergara as pre-candidates for the 2019 presidential primaries. Of the four pre-candidates for the Presidency of the Republic by the Broad Front for the 2019 primary elections, Cosse obtained 27% of the votes, being the second most voted, after Daniel Martínez.

Intendant of Montevideo

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On January 29, 2020, the Departmental Plenary of the Broad Front in Montevideo proclaimed Cosse, Daniel Martínez and Álvaro Villar as candidate for

for the municipal election of that year. On September 27, she was elected Intendant of Montevideo with 20.7% of the votes, due to the total votes for her party exceeding those of the candidate of the

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. Cosse took office on November 27. As of November 2020, Cosse is seen as a presidential hopeful for 2024.

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Living people 1962 births Ministers of Industries, Energy and Mining of Uruguay Women government ministers of Uruguay Intendants of Montevideo Uruguayan people of Italian descent Uruguayan engineers Broad Front (Uruguay) politicians Women mayors of places in Uruguay Movement of Popular Participation politicians People from Montevideo {{Uruguay-engineer-stub