Norma Haydée Durango (born 20 November 1952) is an

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politician who was a National Senator for

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from 2015 to 2021. She previously served as Vice Governor of La Pampa under

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from 2011 to 2015 and under Governor

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from 2003 to 2007. She belongs to the

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Early life and education

Norma Haydée Durango was born on 20 November 1952 in

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, a rural community in the Atreucó Department of

. She studied to be a teacher at the

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(UNLPam). As a student at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the UNLPam, she co-authored a bibliographical index of authors from La Pampa in 1982.

Political career

Durango was twice Vice Governor of La Pampa: first under

from 2003 to 2007, and then under

from 2011 to 2015. Durango was the second candidate on the

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list to the

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alongside Daniel Lovera at the 2015 legislative election; the list won 45.85% and Durango was comfortably elected. She was sworn in on 4 December 2015. She presides the Senate commission on women. A longstanding supporter of women's reproductive rights and the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, Durango voted in favour of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill introduced in 2018, and is a supporter of the similar bill brought forward by President

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in 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Durango, Norma 1952 births Living people People from La Pampa Province Members of the Argentine Senate for La Pampa Women members of the Argentine Senate Vice Governors of La Pampa Province Justicialist Party politicians 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians