26/11/2010 10:37
First time ever woman president for a few days in Uruguay
Uruguay’s First Lady and speaker of the main Senate group in the ruling coalition Lucia Topolansky will be sworn as interim president on Friday, the first woman-president in the history of the Uruguayan democracy.
Senator Topolansky will take the seat of her husband President Jose Mujica who on Friday travels with a business delegation to Spain. Second in succession Vice-president and president of the General Assembly Senator Danilo Astori is currently in an official mission in Korea and is not scheduled to return until Sunday when the First Lady’s brief presidential experience will be over.
“I will be signing the Executive record Friday, and then I’ll let you know what I will be doing”, said Senator Topolansky when asked what she was planning to do as acting president.
Under the Uruguayan constitution the line of succession behind president and vice-president falls on the Senator top of the slate from the most voted group to the Upper House.