María Julia Pou Brito del Pino (born ), popularly known as Julita, is a Uruguayan politician and member of the

National Party (Uruguay) The National Party ( es, Partido Nacional, PN), also known as the White Party ( es, Partido Blanco), is a major political party in Uruguay. It was founded in 1836 by Manuel Oribe, making it the country's oldest active political party, and toget ...

(PN). Pou served in the

Senate of Uruguay The Chamber of Senators of Uruguay (''Cámara de Senadores de Uruguay''), or Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (''Asamblea General del Uruguay''). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional repr ...

2000 to 2005, as well as First Lady of Uruguay from 1990 until 1995. She is the wife of former

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Luis Alberto Lacalle Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera, GCMG (; ''Lacalle'' locally or ; born 13 July 1941), is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995. Background His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, w ...

and the mother of President

Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou (; ''Luis Lacalle'' locally or ; born 10 August 1973) is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer serving as President of Uruguay since 1 March 2020. Son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle, Lacalle P ...

, who took office on 1 March 2020.

Biography

Pou was born in Montevideo to Alejandro Pou de Santiago, a physician, and María Eloísa Julia Brito del Pino Bordoni. She has two brothers, Gonzalo and Alejandro. She studied at the

University of Paris The University of Paris (french: link=no, Université de Paris), Metonymy, metonymically known as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception between 1793 and 1806 under the French Revo ...

, but did not graduate. Pou married

in 1970. The couple have three children - Pilar, Luis Alberto, Juan José Manuel. During her tenure as first lady, Pou founded Acción Solidaria, a charitable

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, which she headed until 1997. Together with

Beatriz Argimón Beatriz Argimón Cedeira (born 14 August 1961) is a Uruguayan politician and notary from the National Party (PN) serving as the 18th Vice President of Uruguay since March 1, 2020, being the first woman elected to that position. Graduated ...

, Pou founded the Acción Comunitaria group () and was elected to the

in the 1999 general election. She served as a Senator from 2000 until 2005.

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