Mónica Fernanda Macha (born 17 February 1972) 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 ...

politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing

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. A member of

New Encounter Encounter for Democracy and Equality ( es, Encuentro por la Democracia y la Equidad; EDE), more commonly known as New Encounter ( es, Nuevo Encuentro) is a kirchnerist political party in Argentina founded in 2004 by then-mayor of Morón, Martí ...

, Macha was elected in

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for the

Unidad Ciudadana Citizen's Unity ( es, Unidad Ciudadana) was a centre-left Kirchnerist political coalition in Argentina for the 2017 legislative elections led by the former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. This coalition existed in the provinces of ...

coalition, and currently sits in the

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. She previously served as a member of the Provincial Senate of

Early life and education

Macha was born on 17 February 1972 in Buenos Aires. She was raised in the ''

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'' of

Caballito Caballito (; Spanish for "little horse") is a ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is the only ''barrio'' in the administrative division ''Comuna'' 6. It is located in the geographical centre of the city, limited ...

. Macha studied psychology at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating in 2000, and has a master's degree on Epidemiology, Health Administration and Health Policies from the

National University of Lanús The National University of Lanús ( es, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, UNLA) is an Argentina, Argentine national university, located in Remedios de Escalada, Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province. It was created on June 7, 1995 by national law . ...

. She has lived in

Castelar Castelar is a city in Morón Partido (county), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, some 30 km west of the nation's capital, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Castelar is the wes ...

since 1992. She is married to

Martín Sabbatella Martín Sabbatella (born 14 April 1970) is an Argentine politician and leader of the New Encounter party. From 1999 to 2009, he was ''intendente'' (mayor) of Morón, a '' partido'' in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. He was also a mem ...

, former mayor of Morón Partido and founder of

. Macha and Sabbatella have one daughter.

Political career

In the 2013 legislative election, Macha ran for a seat in the Senate of Buenos Aires Province in the First Electoral Section, as part of the Front for Victory list. As senator, she presided the upper chamber's parliamentary commission on Human Rights. Macha ran for a seat in the

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in the 2017 legislative election; she was the seventh candidate in the

list in

. The Unidad Ciudadana list received 36.28% of the votes, and Macha was elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017. She was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina. Ahead of the 2021 primary elections, she was confirmed as one of the

candidates for re-election in Buenos Aires Province.

Electoral history

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macha, Mónica Living people 1972 births Politicians from Buenos Aires People from Morón Partido Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Members of the Buenos Aires Province Senate 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians