Gabriela Beatriz Estévez (born 11 February 1978) is an

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politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing Córdoba. A member of the

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, Estévez was first elected in

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for the Front for Victory, and was re-elected in

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as part of the

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. She is a member of La Cámpora.

Early life and education

Estévez was born on 11 February 1978 in

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, to a family of Galician immigrants who had originally settled in Corrientes. She studied psychology at the

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, graduating in 2008, and counts with a degree on Intra-family violence and Gender from Universidad Siglo XXI and a degree on social security from the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

Political career

Estévez was appointed advisor of the Executive Board of the Córdoba Women's Provincial Council in 2008, a position she held until 2010. From then, she was regional chief of the provincial branch of

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, from 2012 to 2015. She is a member of La Cámpora. Estévez ran for a seat in the

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in the 2015 general election; she was the first candidate in the Front for Victory list in Córdoba Province, ahead of Juan Manuel Pereyra. The Front for Victory list received 18.10% of the votes, and both Estévez and Pereyra were elected. She was sworn in on 10 December 2015. As a national deputy, Estévez was a vocal supporter of the

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in Argentina. She voted in favor of the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020. She has also been a supporter of the expansion of

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, having authored and introduced the 2021 bill on

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and trans labour quota, which was approved by Congress. Ahead of the 2021 primary elections, she was confirmed as the second

candidate to the

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in Córdoba Province, behind Senator Carlos Caserio.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Estévez, Gabriela Living people 1978 births Politicians from Buenos Aires People from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine people of Galician descent Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Córdoba Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Justicialist Party politicians Members of La Cámpora 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians