The Party of Culture, Education and Labour ( es, Partido de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo; CET), also sometimes simply known as the CET Party ( es, Partido CET) is a minor
peronist and
labourist political party in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
founded in 2013 by teamsters' union leader and former Secretary General of the
CGT,
Hugo Moyano
Hugo Moyano (born January 9, 1944) is an Argentine labour leader who was Secretary General of the CGT, the nation's largest trade union, from 2004 to 2012. A schism developed within the CGT during 2012, and Moyano was elected to head the CGT's dis ...
.
[ The party is closely allied with the ]Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
, and presently forms part of the Frente de Todos, the ruling coalition supporting President Alberto Fernández
Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer and professor, serving as president of Argentina since 2019.
Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law ...
.[
It presently counts with minimal representation at the federal level, with Hugo Moyano's son, ]Facundo Moyano
Juan Facundo Moyano (born 25 December 1984) is an Argentine trade unionist and politician. A member of the Party of Culture, Education and Labour (CET), Moyano was a National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2021.
From 2009 to 2017 ...
, serving in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
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since 2011 (and having been a member of CET since its foundation in 2013). Up until 2019
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, Jorge Taboada, a member of the party, was National Deputy representing Chubut Province
Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...
.
Electoral performance
President
Chamber of Deputies
See also
*Trade unions in Argentina
Trade unions in Argentina have traditionally played a strong role in the politics of the nation. The largest trade union association, the Confederación General del Trabajo has been a force since the 1930s, and approximately 40% of workers in the ...
*General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)
The General Confederation of Labor (in Spanish: ''Confederación General del Trabajo'', CGT) is a national trade union federation in Argentina founded on September 27, 1930, as the result of the merger of the U.S.A (''Unión Sindical Argentina'') ...
References
Political parties established in 2013
2013 establishments in Argentina
Peronist parties and alliances in Argentina
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