Cristina Lustemberg
Cristina Lustemberg | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | José Querejeta |
| Constituency | Montevideo |
| Deputy Minister of Public Health | |
| In office 1 March 2015 – 27 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Leonel Briozzo |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Quian |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
| In office 15 February 2015 – 25 February 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | José Querejeta |
| Constituency | Montevideo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Cristina Lustemberg Haro 12 January 1966 Juan Lacaze, Uruguay |
| Political party | Broad Front |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of the Republic |
| Occupation | Pediatrician, politician |
| Website | www |
María Cristina Lustemberg Haro (born 12 January 1966) is a Uruguayan pediatrician and politician of the Broad Front.
Biography[edit]
Cristina Lustemberg was born in Juan Lacaze on 12 January 1966. From ages 8 to 20, she lived in exile in Cuba with her family.[1] She earned a medical degree in 1995 and a pediatric certification in 2001. In public health, she worked in the Montevideo neighborhoods of La Paloma, Villa del Cerro, and Jardines del Hipódromo. Her husband is also a doctor, and they have three daughters.[1]
From 2005 to 2011, she worked in the public sector as head of the Childhood and Adolescence Area of the State Health Services Administration (ASSE).[2] From January 2012 to February 2015, she was coordinator of the Office of Planning and Budget's "Uruguay Grows With You" program (Spanish: Uruguay Crece Contigo).[3] She worked on projects related to childhood and adolescence and public management.
She was elected to the Chamber of Representatives on Raúl Sendic Rodríguez's 711 list, of the Broad Front, for the term 2015–2020. However, President Tabaré Vázquez named her Deputy Minister of Public Health that same year. In 2017, she resigned from her post in the ministry and returned to her seat in the legislature, which had been held by José Querejeta in the interim. In February 2017, she left the Sendic sector.[4]
At the end of 2017, the PAR group ("Participate. Articulate. Redouble") was formed, led by Lustemberg and made up of leading members from other sectors of the Broad Front, independents, and citizens without prior party affiliation. The group identifies itself with left-wing, egalitarian, diverse, anti-patriarchal, and feminist values.[5] It supported the candidacy of Daniel Martínez in the 2019 presidential primaries.[6]
In the 2019 general election, Lustemberg again won a seat as deputy for Montevideo for the term 2020–2025. In addition, she was mentioned as a potential Minister of Social Development in the event that Daniel Martínez had been elected president.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cristina Lustemberg: 'Nada me desvela más que acompañar a una familia en el crecimiento de sus hijos'" [Cristina Lustemberg: 'Nothing Gets Me Working Harder Than Accompanying a Family in the Growth of Their Children']. La voz del arena (in Spanish). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Inversión en primera infancia: primera oportunidad de la vida para una sociedad mejor" [Investing in Early Childhood: Life's First Chance for a Better Society] (in Spanish). State Health Services Administration. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Maintaining Quality at Scale". Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally. National Academies Press. 15 July 2015. ISBN 9780309374156. Retrieved 22 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Lustemberg renunció al MSP por diferencias con equipo de Basso" [Lustemberg Resigns From MSP Over Differences With Basso's Team]. El Observador (in Spanish). 28 October 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Exsubsecretaria de Salud formará nuevo sector en el Frente Amplio" [Former Deputy Secretary of Health to Form New Sector in the Broad Front]. El Observador (in Spanish). 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "El sector liderado por Cristina Lustemberg se suma a la precandidatura de Daniel Martínez" [The Sector Led by Cristina Lustemberg Joins the Candidacy of Daniel Martínez] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Martínez anunció los nombres de ministros en áreas clave para el desarrollo" [Martínez Announces the Names of Ministers in Key Areas for Development]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 6 November 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.