Enrique Eloy Estévez Boero (born 12 July 1983) is an

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politician, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of

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, under Governor

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. From 2019 to 2023, he was a National Deputy representing

. He is a member of the member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. Estévez made a career within the Socialist Party in Santa Fe before being elected to the City Council of

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in 2015. He was Secretary General of the Socialist Party Youth and currently serves as Secretary General of the Santa Fe chapter of the Socialist Party.

Early and personal life

Enrique Eloy Estévez Boero was born on 12 July 1983 in

. His father was

Guillermo Estévez Boero Guillermo Estévez Boero (28 December 1930 – 3 February 2000) was an Argentina, Argentine student activist, lawyer and Socialism, Socialist politician. Estévez Boero was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and studied law at the National Unive ...

, a prominent Socialist politician and co-founder of the Popular Socialist Party.

Political career

Estévez's political career began in the Socialist Party Youth. By 2013, he was secretary general of the ''Juventud Socialista'', the party's youth wing. Estévez ran for a seat in the

City Council in the 2015 municipal election, as part of the

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list. The list was the most voted in the city, and Estévez was elected. In 2016, Estévez was elected Secretary General of the Santa Fe Socialist Party. He was re-elected for a second mandate in 2021, with 68.8% of the vote. At the 2019 legislative election, Estévez was the first candidate in the

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list to the

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. The list was the third-most voted, with 10.00% of the vote, and only Estévez was elected. As a national deputy, Estévez formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Cooperative Affairs and NGOs, Education, Labour Legislation, Women and Diversity, and Petitions, Powers and Norms. Estévez was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina. He voted in favor of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, in line with the historic position of the Socialist Party.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Estévez, Enrique Living people 1983 births Politicians from Rosario, Santa Fe Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Santa Fe Socialist Party (Argentina) politicians Argentine deputies 2019–2021 Argentine deputies 2021–2023