Martín Lema
Martín Lema in 2020.
Minister of Social Development of Uruguay
Assumed office
3 May 2021
PresidentLuis Lacalle Pou
Preceded byPablo Bartol
President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
In office
15 February 2020 – 1 March 2021
Preceded byCecilia Bottino
Succeeded byAlfredo Fratti
Representative of Uruguay
for Montevideo
Assumed office
15 February 2015
Personal details
Born
Martín Alejandro Lema Peretta

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

Martín Alejandro Lema Perretta (born September 6, 1982) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party, serving as Minister of Social Development since May 3, 2021.

Lema was born in Jacinto Vera, Montevideo and attended Elbio Fernández School.[1] Graduated from the University of the Republic, he served as Representative between 2015 and 2020. [2] And from February 15, 2020, he served President of the Chamber of Representatives.[3]

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[4] and requests for a report,[5] 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. [6][7]

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. [8]

Minister of Social Development

On May 1, 2021, President Lacalle Pou announced that Lema would succeed Pablo Bartol as the head of the Ministry of Social Development.[9] Bartol had been fired because "health, labor, social and educational consequences of the pandemic will demand a strong political and territorial articulation mark"[10] and he had no political party ties until his approach to Lacalle Pou's campaign. Lema tweeted: "We will assume with great commitment and we will work hard to rise to the challenges." He also stated that Bartol's management had served as an "inspiration."[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Exalumnos Destacados | Escuela y Liceo Elbio Fernández". 2022-11-28. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. ↑ Observador, El. "Los diputados sub 40 que mueven la pelota en el parlamento". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Martín Lema: "Nos proponemos hacer una rendición de cuentas desde el primer día"". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. ↑ "Proyectos presentados | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  5. ↑ "Pedidos de Informes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  6. ↑ Observador, El. "Tabaré Vázquez remueve a directores políticos de ASSE: Muñiz, Ardus y Rodríguez Rienzi". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  7. ↑ cronicas (2018-07-27). "Martín Lema: "Estoy evaluando seriamente plantear la eliminación del corralito mutual"". Crónicas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  8. ↑ "Martín Lema prometió medidas para "fortalecer el control" de legisladores". Diario La República (in Spanish). 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  9. ↑ Observador, El. "Cambio de ministro en el Mides: Pablo Bartol deja su lugar a Martín Lema". El Observador. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  10. ↑ Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Martín Lema asumirá como nuevo ministro de Desarrollo Social - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  11. ↑ "Lema tras su designación al frente del Mides: 'Asumiremos con gran compromiso'". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
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