of CASMU until 2005, when the elected president Tabaré Vázquez turned his position as Minister for Public Health over to Muñoz, who accepted the position despite the fact that it held a lower salary than that of Gerente General of CASMU. Muñoz therefore became the first woman in control of this position and worked the five years of the gubernatorial period, just as did all of her consultant and director counterparts. During these five years under her leadership, she both began and completed the reform of Uruguay's Health System. On November 13, 2008 she supported the decision of President Vázquez to veto a law, approved by the Parliament, that decriminalized abortion. Honorary Commission of Fighting against Cancer On the first of April in 2011, Muñoz assumed the title of the Comisión Honoraria de Lucha contra el Cáncer, or the Honorary Commission of Fighting against Cancer, taking the place of Óscar Magurno. Second Presidency of Vázquez In December 2014, after securing the election of Tabaré Vázquez for another presidency, it was announced that Muñoz would be at the forefront of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura), the position which she still holds today. References Uruguayan public health doctors Broad Front (Uruguay) politicians Women government ministers of Uruguay Ministers for Public Health of Uruguay Education and Culture Ministers of Uruguay 1950 births Living people Women public health doctors