Antonieta Mónica Xavier Yelpo (

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, 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 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 de Uruguay''). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional repre ...

. 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 The University of the Republic (, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is a public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the country's oldest and largest university, as well as one of the largest public universities in South America in terms of en ...

, and graduated in 1985.

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