María Teresita del Valle Colombo de Acevedo (1957 – 3 May 2021) was an Argentine politician who was a

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for the province Catamarca and a member of the

Radical Civic Union The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...

, which itself formed part of the

Civic and Social Front of Catamarca The Civic and Social Front of Catamarca () is a provincial political party in Argentina. The front was formed in 1991 by the Catamarcan branch of the Radical Civic Union and minor local parties. Since then it has held the governor's house in ...

Biography

Colombo was born in

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. She studied at the

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graduating in medicine, and studied politics as a postgraduate. Colombo served as a provincial senator in

Catamarca Province Catamarca () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, fr ...

1991–95. and was senate president 1994. She was elected to the

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for 1997–2001 and became a senator in 2001. She was re-elected in 2003 for a six-year term, which expired on 10 December 2009. Colombo died on 3 May 2021, at the age of 64, as a result of a thrombosis caused by her contagion from

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