Elena Mercedes Corregido (born 4 December 1956,
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
) is an
Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She sat in the
Argentine Senate for
Chaco Province
Chaco (; Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( es, provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country.
It is borde ...
in the majority
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner we ...
block from 2007 to 2013.
Corregido was educated at the República de Honduras National School and graduated as a chemistry teacher at the
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. She became a teaching assistant and teacher.
In 1995, Corregido joined the municipal government of
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (normally known as Sáenz Peña) is a city in the . It is the second largest in the province. It is located west-northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Arg ...
, Chaco, heading the Women's Unit, there until 1996. In July 1999 she led the Chaco section of the pensions team of the national Social Development Ministry, for which she was later a consultant.
Corregido served on the national council of the Justicialist Party 2001-03 and in 2005 was a candidate for provincial deputy, although she resigned before the election to work with other sectors making up the Front for Victory. She was elected to the Senate in 2007 on the list of
Frente Chaco Merece Más.
References
External links
Senate profile
1956 births
Living people
Members of the Argentine Senate for Chaco
Women members of the Argentine Senate
Politicians from Buenos Aires
People from Chaco Province
Justicialist Party politicians
21st-century Argentine women politicians
21st-century Argentine politicians
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