Damián Arabia (born 22 July 1991) is an Argentine politician who has been a National Deputy elected in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

since 2023. He belongs to

Republican Proposal Republican Proposal (), usually referred to by its abbreviation PRO, is a political party in Argentina. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national party in 2010. It is the major component of the Juntos ...

(PRO).

Early life

Arabia was born on 22 July 1991 in

. He counts with a

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degree on Social Sciences from Universidad de Palermo and a diplomate degree on Public Administration and Governance.

Political career

He began his political activism as a member of

(PRO). From 2015 to 2019 he was Director of Integrity Control for Federal Forces at the Ministry of Security under the administration of

Patricia Bullrich Patricia Bullrich (; born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Ministry of Security (Argentina), Minister of National Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under pres ...

. He is widely considered to be a protegé of Bullrich and is closely aligned with her. In the 2023 legislative election he ran for a seat in the

Argentine Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies (), officially the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress (). It is made up of 257 national deputies who are elected in multi-member constituencies c ...

as part of the

Juntos por el Cambio (JxC, ) was a political coalition in Argentina. A liberal coalition, it was created in 2015 as Cambiemos (), and renamed in 2019. It was composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and United Republicans. These ...

list in

. The list received 42.61% of the votes, enough for Arabia to make it past the D'Hondt cut, having run as the 5th candidate in the list. His mandate began on 10 December 2023.

Personal life

Arabia is openly gay.

Electoral history

References

1991 births Living people Politicians from Buenos Aires Republican Proposal politicians University of Palermo (Buenos Aires) alumni Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Argentine gay politicians Argentine deputies 2023–2025 {{Argentina-politician-stub