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Mónica Xavier

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Mónica Xavier
Mónica Xavier in 2006
Born
Antonieta Mónica Xavier Yelpo

(1956-12-16) 16 December 1956 (age 67)
Nationality URU Uruguayan
Alma materUniversity of the Republic
Occupation(s)politician, doctor
Political partyBroad Front

Antonieta Mónica Xavier Yelpo (Montevideo, 16 December 1956) is a Uruguayan politician and medical doctor with a postgraduate degree in cardiology.

She was the President of the leftist coalition Frente Amplio between 2012 and 2015 and is a serving in the Senate of Uruguay.[1] Xavier was born into a family with socialist roots. She completed all her studies in public education. In 1975, she became a student in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic, and graduated in 1985.

References

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  1. ^ "Mónica Xavier". Frente Amplio. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.