Adela Reta

Adela Reta was a Uruguayan lawyer, jurist and politician who served as Ministry [of Education and Culture (Uruguay)|Minister of Education and Culture] from 1985 to 1990 under President Julio María Sanguinetti.

Biography

In 1983-1984 she took part in the Committee on Human Rights, denouncing atrocities during the civic-military dictatorship, together with other notable people like Horacio Terra Gallinal, Rodolfo Canabal, Luis Hierro Gambardella, Manuel Flores Mora, Eduardo Jaurena, Francisco Ottonelli, and Alberto Zumarán.
A member of the Colorado Party, she was Minister of Education and Culture during the first presidential term of Julio María Sanguinetti. She spent her last years as Director of SODRE.