Arabela Marisa Carreras (born 21 January 1970) is an

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teacher and politician, currently serving as Governor of Río Negro Province since 10 December 2019. She is the first woman to hold the post. From 2017 to 2019 she was the province's Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports. She also served as a provincial legislator and as councilwoman in her hometown,

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Early life and education

Arabela Marisa Carreras was born on 21 January 1970 in

, Río Negro Province. She studied modern literature at the National University of Córdoba, graduating with a '' licenciatura''. From 1996 to 2007 she worked as a high school teacher.

Political career

Carreras's political career began in the municipality of her native Bariloche under the mayoralty of Alberto Icaré. In 2006, when the city reformed its constitutional charter, Carreras was a constituent of the convention, which she presided. She represented the SUR- Front for Victory alliance. In 2007, she was elected councilwoman of the city. In 2011 she was elected to the

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in the Front for Victory ticket. Early in her tenure at the Legislature she supported the derogation of an "anti-cyanide" mining regulation, which prompted criticism and protests in Bariloche. In 2014 she reversed her opinion, and instead proposed holding a binding referendum in the province to settle whether to limit

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in Río Negro or not. From 2015 to 2017 she was the provincial executive's representative to the Río Negro Council of Magistracy. In 2017 she was appointed as the provinces Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports by Governor Alberto Weretilneck. Ahead of the 2019 general election, Carreras was nominated as Juntos Somos Río Negro's – Weretilneck's political alliance – candidate to the governorship. She won the election with over 50% of the vote.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carreras, Arabela 1970 births Living people 21st-century Argentine women politicians 21st-century Argentine politicians People from Bariloche Governors of Río Negro Province Members of the Legislature of Río Negro Women governors of provinces of Argentina National University of Córdoba alumni