Estela Mary del Rosario Neder (born 12 December 1957) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

nutritionist and politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in

Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surf ...

since 2017. She is a member of the Civic Front for Santiago (FCpS). She sits in the

Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gene ...

parliamentary bloc.

Early life and career

Born in the city of

, Neder studied nutrition at the

National University of Córdoba The National University of Córdoba ( es, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,) is an institution of higher education in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of t ...

, graduating in 1980. Starting in 1982, she was chief of services of the Hospital Regional Ramón Carrillo, in Santiago del Estero. A longtime member of the

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...

, she was elected to the Loreto City Council in 2003. Her brother,

José Emilio Neder José Emilio Neder (born 13 March 1954) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a National Senator for Santiago del Estero since 2019. He belongs to the Justicialist Party, and has formed part of the Civic Front for Santiago since its ...

, had previously served as mayor of Loreto from 1987 to 1991.

Political career

She was elected as a member of the

Chamber of Deputies of Santiago del Estero The Chamber of Deputies of Santiago del Estero Province ( es, Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero) is the unicameral legislative branch, legislative body of Santiago del Estero Province, in Argentina. It comprises 40 legisl ...

in 2009, and re-elected to a second term in 2013. She was the first alternate candidate in the FCpS list to the National Chamber of Deputiues in the

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; in 2017, she took office as National Deputy filling in the vacancy left by José Alberto Herrera, who had been elected as mayor of Clodomira. She was sworn in on 22 November 2017, and formed part of the FCpS list. Neder ran for re-election in the 2019 general election, heading the

list as the first candidate to the Chamber of Deputies. She was elected with 21.8% of the vote. She was sworn in on 4 December 2019, and formed part of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc, alongside the members of the FCpS. Neder forms part of the parliamentary commissions on Social Action and Public Health, Disabilities, Elderly People, Families and Childhood, Population and Human Development and Addiction Prevention. In 2020, she voted against the legalisation of abortion in Argentina.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
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