Adela Reta
Adela Reta (Montevideo, 9 July 1921 - 3 April 2001) was a Uruguayan lawyer and jurist.[1]
Biography[]
In 1983-1984 she took part in the Committee on Human Rights, denouncing atrocities during the civic-military dictatorship, together with other notable people like , , Luis Hierro Gambardella, Manuel Flores Mora, , , and Alberto Zumarán.[2]
A member of the Colorado Party, she was Minister of Education and Culture during the first presidential term of Julio María Sanguinetti.[1] She spent her last years as Director of SODRE.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Adela Reta dies". LR21. 5 April 2001. (in Spanish)
- ^ Remembering the fight for democracy in 1983 (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2001 deaths
- Uruguayan women lawyers
- Uruguayan women jurists
- Criminal defense lawyers
- Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
- Women government ministers of Uruguay
- Education and Culture Ministers of Uruguay
- 20th-century women lawyers
- Uruguayan law biography stubs