Senate of Uruguay

Chamber of Senators

Cámara de Senadores
Chamber of Senators ; Cámara de Senadores
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators
Type
Type	Upper House of the General Assembly of Uruguay
History
Founded	4 October 1830
Leadership
President of the Senate	Beatriz Argimón (National Party) ; since 1 March 2020
Structure
Seats	30
Political groups	Government coalition (17) National Party (10); Colorado Party (4); Open Cabildo (3); Opposition Broad Front (13);
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation; D'Hondt method
Last election	27 October 2019
Meeting place
	The Senate into the Palacio Legislativo
Website
	Official website

The Chamber of Senators of Uruguay (Cámara de Senadores de Uruguay), or Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General del Uruguay). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation; the Vice-president presides over the chamber's sessions.

The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article Ninety-eight of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that the senators must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years.^[2] In addition to the functions that it performs jointly with the House of Representatives through the General Assembly, it stands out as a competence that falls solely on the House of Senators to open a public trial to those accused by the House of Representatives or the Junta Departamental, in their case, and pronounce sentence for the sole purpose of separating them from their positions, by two-thirds of the total number of its components.^[3]

^ PRESIDENCIA DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL Y DEL SENADO PRESIDENCIA DE LA CAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES (October 29, 2013). "Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005" (PDF). www.parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.
^ "Cámara de Senadores | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
^ "Poder Legislativo". 2006-02-21. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[1] PRESIDENCIA DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL Y DEL SENADO PRESIDENCIA DE LA CAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES (October 29, 2013). "Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005" (PDF). www.parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.

[2] "Cámara de Senadores | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

[3] "Poder Legislativo". 2006-02-21. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

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