Ezequiel Martín Fernández Langan (born 20 July 1978) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who was a National Deputy from 2017 to 2021, elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of

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(PRO), Fernández Langan previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2011 to 2012.

Early life and education

Fernández Langan was born on 20 July 1978 in

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. He studied law at the

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, graduating in 2005, and counts with a degree on State Contracts and Public Infrastructure from Universidad Austral. He is married and has two children.

Political career

Fernández Langan's career began as an advisor to

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in the Buenos Aires City Legislature, in 2003. From 2005 to 2007, he was president of ''Jóvenes PRO'', the youth wing of

, in Buenos Aires. Later, from 2007 to 2011, he was General Director of Youth Policies in the Buenos Aires City Government. Fernández Langan ran for a seat in the City Legislature in the 2009 legislative election, as the 17th candidate in the PRO list. The list received 31.30% of the vote, not enough for Fernández Langan to be elected. He later took office in replacement of Gerardo Ingaramo, who died in 2011. In 2012, he was appointed Director of Autopistas Urbanas Sociedad Anónima (AUSA), a post he held until 2015. Later, from 2015 to 2017, he was Undersecretary of Electoral Affairs at the

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, under

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National Deputy

Fernández Langan ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election; he was the 12th candidate in the

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(Cambiemos) list in Buenos Aires Province. The list was the most voted in the general election with 42.15% of the vote, and Fernández Langan was elected. As a national deputy, Fernández Langan formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Fuels and Energy, Consumer Rights, Ecology, Electoral Affairs and Communications. He was an opponent of the

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in Argentina. He voted against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020. Fernández Langan did not run for re-election in

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, and his term expired on 9 December 2021.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez Langan, Ezequiel Living people 1978 births Politicians from Buenos Aires Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province Members of the Buenos Aires City Legislature Republican Proposal politicians Universidad del Salvador alumni 21st-century Argentine politicians