Leonor María Martínez Villada (born 5 June 1950) is an

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politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in

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since 2015. She is a member of the

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. Martínez Villada was born in the City of Córdoba. She is married and has four children. She has worked as a housewife. Martínez Villada became politically active in the Movimiento Humanista de Resistencia y Construcción, led by Héctor "Toty" Flores, organized within the

. She ran for a seat in the

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in the 2015 legislative election, as the fourth candidate in the

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list in Córdoba Province. The list came first in the general election with 49.83% of the vote, and Martínez Villada was elected. Martínez Villada was re-elected in the 2019 legislative election, again occupying the fourth place in 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. The list was the most voted once again, with 51.32% of the vote. As deputy, Martínez Villada formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Social Action and Public Health, Communications, Natural Resources, Human Rights and Guarantees, Cooperative Affairs and NGOs, Women and Diversity, and Labour Legislation. She was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that passed the Chamber, in 2018 and 2020.

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External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
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