Elena Martínez Rosso is a Uruguayan lawyer and lecturer who serves as a minister of the Supreme Court of Uruguay since 2015.
Martínez Rosso graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in law. She entered the Judiciary in 1981 as a Justice of the Peace (Spanish :Jueza de paz) in the Colonia Department. [1]
She served as a Justice of the Peace in the Canelones Department from 1983 to 1988,then as a member of the Misdemeanor Court (Spanish :Tribunal de Faltas). [2] In 1989 she was appointed as a Lawyer Judge (Spanish :Jueza Letrada) in the San JoséDepartment and a year later as head of the Legal Court of First Instance of Labor. [3] On March 13,2002,she assumed justice of the 6th Turn Civil Appeals Court,a position she held until 2015.
Martínez succeeded Jorge Ruibal as Justice of the Supreme Court,after he retired in June 2015. [4] She was sworn in before the General Assembly on September 2,2015,becoming the fourth woman to serve as such. [5] She presided over the court in the 2018-2019 annual term. [6]
On February 1,2024,she again assumed the rotating presidency of the Supreme Court,succeeding Doris Morales Martínez. [7] She is a professor at the Law School of the Catholic University of Uruguay. [3]
Martínez Rosso is married to National Representative Ope Pasquet. [2] They have two daughters,Florencia and Victoria. [8]
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