Mónica Fernanda Macha (born 17 February 1972) is an

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politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing

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. A member of

New Encounter Encounter for Democracy and Equality (; EDE), more commonly known as New Encounter () is a Kirchnerism, Kirchnerist political party in Argentina founded in 2004 by then-mayor of Morón, Martín Sabbatella. The party now forms part of the Union fo ...

, Macha was elected in

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for the

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coalition, and currently sits in the

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. She previously served as a member of the Provincial Senate of

Early life and education

Macha was born on 17 February 1972 in

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. She was raised in the ''

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'' of

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. Macha studied psychology at the

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, graduating in 2000, and has a master's degree in Epidemiology, Health Administration and Health Policies from the National University of Lanús. She has lived in

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since 1992. She is married to

Martín Sabbatella Martín Sabbatella (born 14 April 1970) is an Argentine politician and leader of the New Encounter party. From 1999 to 2009, he was ''intendente'' (mayor) of Morón, a ''Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido'' in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan ...

, former mayor of

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and founder of

. Macha and Sabbatella have one daughter.

Political career

In the 2013 legislative election, Macha ran for a seat in the Senate of Buenos Aires Province in the First Electoral Section, as part of the

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list. As senator, she presided the upper chamber's parliamentary commission on Human Rights. Macha ran for a seat in the

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in the 2017 legislative election; she was the seventh candidate in the

list in

. The Unidad Ciudadana list received 36.28% of the votes, and Macha was elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017. She was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina. Ahead of the 2021 primary elections, she was confirmed as one of the

candidates for re-election in Buenos Aires Province.

Electoral history

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macha, Mónica Living people 1972 births Politicians from Buenos Aires People from Morón Partido Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province Argentine deputies 2023–2025 Argentine deputies 2021–2023 Argentine deputies 2019–2021 Argentine deputies 2017–2019 Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Members of the Buenos Aires Province Senate 21st-century Argentine women politicians University of Buenos Aires alumni