Nora Castro

Nora Castro (born 17 February 1947) is a teacher, professor and Uruguayan politician. She is a member of the Broad Front. She was deputy for the department of Montevideo and the first woman to hold the office of President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay during the first term of 2005. She serves on the Board as Director Central (CODICEN) of the National Public Education Administration (ANEP) of Uruguay.

Biography Nora María Castro Navajas was born in Montevideo on 17 February 1947 to Carlos Felipe Castro, a sailor in the Uruguayan Navy who actively participated in the Uruguayan dictatorship and Muñeca Navajas, a housewife and a liberal. Her parents divorced when she was a teenager. Castro attended primary school at PS Republic of Ecuador and attended public high schools N° 2 "Hector Miranda Lyceum" and N° 1 "Jose Enrique Rodo". She studied at the teacher's colleges "Maria Stagnero of Munar" and "R. Joaquin Sanchez" earning a degree for teaching primary school. She also took courses in the Science of Education at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA), before completing her bachelor's degree in education from the University of the Republic.

Politics Her mother influenced her political views, taking her to her first demonstrations when she was young. She joined the Guild of Students of the high school, then became active in her neighborhood in leftist organizations.

When the dictatorship ended in the 1980s, she worked with labor unionists like Freddy Ardusso and Jorge Balmelli she was designated as President of the House of Representatives, the first woman to attain this post.

In 2007 she became the Secretary of Institutional Relations for the Board of the Latin American Parliament. Since that time, she has represented Uruguay in the EUROLAT, serving as co-chair of the Committee on Social Affairs.