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Nicolás Marcelo Rodríguez Saá (born 10 May 1984) is an
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politician who served as a National Deputy from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the
Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
.


Early life and education

Nicolás Marcelo Rodríguez Saá was born on 10 May 1984 in
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, into the prominent Rodríguez Saá political family. His first cousins are former
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of
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, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá and
Alberto Rodríguez Saá Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is the Governor of San Luis Province. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011. The Rodriguez S ...
. He studied law at the
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. Rodríguez Saá is in a relationship with Justicialist Party politician and deputy for Entre Ríos,
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, with whom he has a son, Felipe, born in 2020.


Political career

Rodríguez Saá began his career as a legal advisor at the
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in 2014. He would later be an advisor to Governor
Alberto Rodríguez Saá Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is the Governor of San Luis Province. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011. The Rodriguez S ...
, in 2017. That year, he was appointed director of the Casa de San Luis, the "cultural embassy" of San Luis Province in
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. From 2018 to 2019, Rodríguez Saá was director of legal affairs at the municipality of
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, in the administration of ''
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''
Mario Alberto Ishii Mario Alberto Ishii (born 22 June 1951) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party, currently serving as ''intendente'' (mayor) of José C. Paz, a '' partido'' in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. He is popularly known as ''El ...
. Rodríguez Saá ran for a seat in the
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in the 2017 legislative election, as the 16th candidate in the
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list. The list received 36.28% of the votes, not enough for Rodríguez Saá to be elected. On 19 December 2019, he took office in place of Laura Alonso, who resigned to become Secretary of Social Inclusivity. He formed part of the
Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gene ...
parliamentary bloc. As deputy, Rodríguez Saá formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Political Trials, National Defense, Justice, Criminal Legislation, Foreign Affairs, and Internal Security. He was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which passed the Chamber. Ahead of the 2021 primary election, Rodríguez Saá was confirmed as one of the alternate candidates in the Frente de Todos list in Buenos Aires Province.


References


External links


Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
(in Spanish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodríguez Saá, Nicolás Living people 1984 births 21st-century Argentine lawyers People from San Luis, Argentina Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province University of Buenos Aires alumni 21st-century Argentine politicians