Carolina Cosse

Carolina Cosse
Cosse in 2020
24th Intendant of Montevideo
Assumed office
27 November 2020
Preceded byChristian 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 byRoberto Kreimerman
Succeeded byGuillermo Moncecchi
President of ANTEL
In office
May 2010 – 28 February 2015
Preceded byBeno Ruchansky
Succeeded byAndrés 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 62)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyBroad Front
ChildrenRodrigo, Ángeles
Parents
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionElectrical engineer
Mathematical engineer

Ana Carolina Cosse Garrido (born 25 December 1961) is a Uruguayan engineer and politician who has been Intendant of Montevideo since 27 November 2020.[2] A member of the Broad Front, she served as 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, taking her seat on 15 February 2020.[3] On 27 September 2020, she was elected Intendant of Montevideo, the capital of the country.[4] She is a candidate in the 2024 Broad Front presidential primaries for president of Uruguay in the 2024 general election.[5]

  1. ^ "Carolina Cosse - XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean". CEPAL. 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Carolina Cosse asumió como intendenta y anunció la puesta en marcha del plan de emergencia". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. ^ "Asumió la nueva legislatura donde siete partidos deberán negociar". EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  4. ^ "Carolina Cosse es la nueva intendenta de Montevideo". EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  5. ^ Ferreira, Gonzalo (27 November 2020). "Ahora sí, empezó la campaña al 2024". El Observador.