Pablo Gabriel Tonelli (born 13 June 1954) is an

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lawyer and politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in the

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. A member of

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, Tonelli was first elected in

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, and has been re-elected in

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and

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. Tonelli has also been one of the Chamber's representatives in the Council of Magistracy since 2016. Tonelli was previously a National Deputy for

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from 2005 to 2007.

Early life and career

Tonelli was born on 13 June 1954 in

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. His father was

Ideler Tonelli Ideler Santiago Tonelli (18 December 1924 – 10 August 2016) was an Argentine lawyer and politician. He served as Minister of Labor from 1987 to 1989, during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín. Born on 18 December 1924 in Bragado, Buenos Aires, h ...

, a politician for the

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who was

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during the presidency of

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. He graduated with a law degree from the

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in 1977. He is married and has three children.

Political career

Tonelli served as an advisor to the presidency of the

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from 1984 to 1987, and then served as Undersecretary of Justice of Argentina during the presidency of

in 1989. In 1993, he was appointed Minister of Government of

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during the

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of his father. Tonelli ran for a seat in the

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in the 2005 legislative election; he was the first candidate in the

list in

. The list received 6.99% of the votes, and Tonelli was elected. He resigned his seat two years later, in 2007, and was replaced by Marcelo Amenta. That year, he was appointed Prosecutor General of

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. He successfully ran for the Chamber of Deputies again in

, this time for the City of Buenos Aires. He was re-elected in

. On 16 December 2016, he was sworn in as one of the Chamber of Deputies' representatives in the

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. His appointment caused controversy, as the

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argued his spot corresponded to a deputy from the Opposition. In 2019, Tonelli became implicated in the ''

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'' embezzlement case.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonelli, Pablo Living people 1954 births People from La Plata 20th-century Argentine lawyers Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Members of the Argentine Council of Magistracy Republican Proposal politicians 20th-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine politicians