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Elena Martínez Rosso is a Uruguayan lawyer and lecturer who serves as a minister of the Supreme Court of Uruguay since 2015.

Career

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.

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). In 1989 she was appointed as a Lawyer Judge (Spanish: Jueza Letrada) in the San José Department and a year later as head of the Legal Court of First Instance of Labor. 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. She was sworn in before the General Assembly on September 2, 2015, becoming the fourth woman to serve as such. She presided over the court in the 2018-2019 annual term.

On February 1, 2024, she again assumed the rotating presidency of the Supreme Court, succeeding Doris Morales Martínez. She is a professor at the Law School of the Catholic University of Uruguay.

Personal life

Martínez Rosso is married to National Representative Ope Pasquet. They have two daughters, Florencia and Victoria.

References

1. Montecarlo, Radio. "Elena Martínez Rosso será designada nueva ministra de la Suprema Corte". Radio Montecarlo CX20-930 AM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
2. ^ diaria, la (2024-02-01). "Asumió como presidenta de la SCJ la ministra Elena Martínez". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
3. ^ "Curriculum Vitae de la Sra. Presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia Dra. Elena Martínez Rosso". www.poderjudicial.gub.uy (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
4. Melendrez, Pablo. "El FA impulsa mecanismo para "transparentar" llegada a la SCJ". El Observador. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
5. diaria, la (2015-09-03). "Es ella". la diaria (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
6. "Asumió Elena Martínez Rosso y es la tercera mujer en ocupar la presidencia de la Suprema Corte de Justicia". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
7. "Asumió la nueva presidenta de la Suprema Corte de Justicia". www.ambito.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
8. "La uruguaya Florencia Pasquet llega a semifinal de concurso "Got Talent" en España". Pantallazo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-10.

• Supreme Court of Uruguay justices
• 20th-century Uruguayan judges
• 21st-century Uruguayan judges
• University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
• Academic staff of the Catholic University of Uruguay
• Uruguayan people of Italian descent
• Living people