Carolina Cosse

Carolina Cosse
Cosse in 2020
Vice President-elect of Uruguay
Assuming office 1 March 2025
President	Yamandú Orsi (elect)
Succeeding	Beatriz Argimón
24th Intendant of Montevideo
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 2020
Preceded by	Christian Di Candia
Senator of Uruguay
In office 15 February 2020 – 20 November 2020
Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining
In office 2 March 2015 – 23 January 2019
Preceded by	Roberto Kreimerman
Succeeded by	Guillermo Moncecchi
President of ANTEL
In office May 2010 – 28 February 2015
Preceded by	Beno Ruchansky
Succeeded by	Andrés Tolosa
Director of the Information Technology Division of the Intendancy of Montevideo
In office 2007–2010 [1]
Personal details
Born	Ana Carolina Cosse Garrido (1961-12-25) 25 December 1961 (age 63) Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party	Broad Front
Children	Rodrigo, Ángeles
Mother	Zulma Garrido
Father	Villanueva Cosse
Alma mater	University of the Republic
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Electrical engineer Mathematical engineer

Ana Carolina Cosse Garrido (born 25 December 1961) is a Uruguayan engineer and politician who is the vice president-elect of Uruguay. She and ticket leader Yamandú Orsi won the 2024 general election.^[2][3] She has been Intendant of Montevideo since 27 November 2020.^[4] She is a member of the Broad Front.

She was the Minister of Industry, Energy, and Mining from 2015 to 2019 during the second administration of President Tabaré Vázquez. In the 2019 Uruguayan general election, she was elected to the Senate of Uruguay.^[5]

References

1. "Carolina Cosse - XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean". CEPAL. 17 October 2016.
2. "Yamandú Orsi será el nuevo presidente de Uruguay". infobae.com (in Spanish). 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
3. Ferreira, Gonzalo (27 November 2020). "Ahora sí, empezó la campaña al 2024". El Observador.
4. "Carolina Cosse asumió como intendenta y anunció la puesta en marcha del plan de emergencia". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
5. "Asumió la nueva legislatura donde siete partidos deberán negociar". EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-31.

Other websites

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