María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera (born 10 March 1958) is an

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politician, born in

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, Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governor Jorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also presides the provincial Senate. She is the sister of politician

Rafael Bielsa Rafael Antonio Bielsa Caldera (born February 15, 1953) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from Rosario, province of Santa Fe. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005. From 2020 to 2023 he was also Argentina's amba ...

and of football coach

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. From 2019 to 2020 she served as Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet of

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. Bielsa is an architect, and she taught at the Faculty of Architecture of the

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. She is married to an architect and has a son who is studying the same career. Prior to the 2005 legislative elections, President

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asked Bielsa to run for a highly contested seat at the national

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, but she refused, stating that she had a mandate to finish her term in the office for which she was elected. Governor Obeid again asked Bielsa to run for mayor of Rosario in the 2007 general elections at the end of their term. She did not explicitly refuse or accept that request at the time, but eventually other mayoral candidates presented themselves instead. DERF, 8 April 2007
Candidatos: Intendentes y Concejales para Santa Fe y Rosario
Bielsa was elected to be a council member in Rosario's municipal election as head of the ''Bloque Encuentro por Rosario''.

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