Martha Montaner

Martha Montaner
Senator of Uruguay
In office
15 February 2015 – 9 March 2016
Succeeded byDaniel Bianchi [es]
Secretary General of the Colorado Party
In office
8 March 2012 – 13 May 2013
Preceded byOpe Pasquet
Succeeded byMax Sapolinsky [es]
Deputy of the Republic
In office
15 February 2010 – 14 February 2015
ConstituencyTacuarembó Department
Deputy of the Republic
In office
15 February 1995 – 14 February 2005
ConstituencyTacuarembó Department
Personal details
Born
Martha Silvana Montaner Formoso

(1955-01-06)6 January 1955
Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Died9 March 2016(2016-03-09) (aged 61)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Cause of deathCancer
Political partyColorado Party
Parents
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
OccupationPolitician, dentist

Martha Silvana Montaner Formoso (6 January 1955 – 9 March 2016[1][2]) was a Uruguayan politician of the Colorado Party.

Biography

Martha Montaner was the daughter of Dora Formoso and the Pachequista [es] politician Jaime Montaner [es]. First he and then she led the group of list 2215 in Tacuarembó Department. Martha studied dentistry and specialized in pediatric dentistry.

She was elected deputy for the Foro Batllista [es] in Tacuarembó Department in 1994 and 1999.[2]

She joined the so-called "women's caucus", seeking the promotion of political participation and the rights of women, along with fellow deputies Beatriz Argimón, Raquel Barreiro, Nora Castro, Silvana Charlone, Margarita Percovich, Yeanneth Puñales, María Alejandra Rivero Saralegui, Glenda Rondán, Diana Saravia Olmos, Lucía Topolansky, and Daisy Tourné.[3]

On several occasions she was a candidate for the Departmental Intendance of Tacuarembó.

In 2008 Montaner disassociated herself from the Foro Batllista, due to a disagreement over the way it chose candidates.[4] In 2009 she joined the movement Vamos Uruguay, led by Pedro Bordaberry.[5] She was elected deputy for the period 2010-2015.[2] During that term, she was also a substitute for Ope Pasquet in the Senate.

She held a place on the National Executive Committee (CEN) of the Colorado Party.[6] On 8 March 2012, she became the party's Secretary General.[4] This made her the first woman in Uruguayan history to occupy the top position of representation in a political party.[7]

In the 2014 elections she won a seat in the Senate of the Republic, a position she held from 15 February 2015 until her death.[2]

Martha Montaner died on 9 March 2016 at the age of 61, from cancer.[2][8]

References

  1. ^ "Calendario". LaRed21 (in Spanish). 6 January 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Murió la senadora colorada Martha Montaner" [Colorado Senator Martha Montaner Dies]. El País (in Spanish). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ^ Villar, Isabel (8 September 2004). "Rendición de Cuentas de la bancada femenina" [Accountability of the Women's Caucus]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Martha Montaner es la nueva secretaria general del Partido Colorado" [Martha Montaner is the New Secretary General of the Colorado Party] (in Spanish). Montevideo: Uypress. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Bordaberry. Sumó a Martha Montaner" [Bordaberry. Added Martha Montaner]. El País (in Spanish). 19 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ Melgar, Pablo (1 October 2009). "Bordaberry promete un Partido Colorado '2.0'" [Bordaberry Promises a Colorado Party '2.0']. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Dra. Martha Montaner asume la Secretaría General del Partido Colorado" [Dr. Martha Montaner Assumes the Post of Secretary General of the Colorado Party]. El Avisador (in Spanish). 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Falleció la senadora del Partido Colorado Martha Montaner" [Colorado Party Senator Martha Montaner Passes Away] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Preceded by Secretary General of the Colorado Party
2012–2013 		Succeeded by