Carolina Cosse | |
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Vice President-elect of Uruguay | |
Assuming office 1 March 2025 | |
President | Yamandú Orsi (elect) |
Succeeding | Beatriz Argimón |
24th Intendant of Montevideo | |
In office 27 November 2020 – 8 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Christian Di Candia |
Succeeded by | Mauricio Zunino |
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 | |
President | Tabaré Vázquez |
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 25 December 1961 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Political party | Broad Front |
Children | Rodrigo, Ángeles |
Parents |
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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 after winning the 2024 general election.[2][3] She has been Intendant of Montevideo from November 2020 until her resignation in July 2024.[4][5] 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.[6] On 27 September 2020, she was elected Intendant of Montevideo, the capital of the country.[7]