María Rosa Martínez

María Rosa Martínez
Provincial Senator of Buenos Aires
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2023
National Deputy
In office 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born	(1955-09-29) 29 September 1955 (age 69) Rojas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political party	Kolina
Other political affiliations	Front for Victory (2008–2017) Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Union for the Homeland (2023–present)

María Rosa Martínez (born 29 September 1955) is an Argentine trade unionist and politician, currently serving as member of the Buenos Aires Province Senate, elected in 2023. A member of Kolina, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2019 as part of the Frente de Todos. Martínez previously worked in a number of positions in the Ministry of Social Development during the administration of Alicia Kirchner (2007–2015), and as a city councillor in Almirante Brown. She is also active in the Corriente Federal de Trabajadores (CFT).

Early life

Martínez was born on 29 September 1955 in Rojas, a minor town in Northern Buenos Aires Province.^[1][2] Martínez has a technician's degree in communication.^[1] She became politically active in the Juventud Peronista Universitaria (the student wing of the Justicialist Party) in her youth; her activism in led to her arrest during the last military dictatorship.^[3]

Political career

Martínez is politically aligned with the Corriente Federal de Trabajadores (CFT), a confederation of trade unions, and with Kolina, a kirchnerist party led by Alicia Kirchner.^[4] In 2008, she was appointed Director of Social Rights at the Ministry of Social Development, then under the leadership of Alicia Kirchner. Later, from 2010 to 2013, she was Undersecretary of Human Rights and Equal Opportunities of Almirante Brown Partido, in the administration of Daniel Bolettieri. Martínez also served as Director of Administrative Organisations and Director of Gender Policies at the Ministry of Social Development, and as an advisor to Alicia Kirchner as well.^[2]

In 2015, Martínez was elected to the City Council of Almirante Brown Partido as part of the Front for Victory.^[5]

National Deputy

Martínez ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2019 legislative election; she was the 18th candidate in the Frente de Todos list in Buenos Aires Province.^[6] The list received 51.64% of the vote, enough for Martínez to be elected.

As a national deputy, Martínez formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Social Action and Public Health, Cooperative Affairs and NGOs, Communications, Culture, Labour Legislation, Women and Diversity, Natural Resources, and Human Rights and Guarantees.^[2] She was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.^[7] She was also a supporter and sponsor of the Travesti-Trans labour quota law.^[8]

Buenos Aires Senate

She was elected to the Buenos Aires Province Senate in the 2023 Buenos Aires provincial election as a member of Union for the Homeland political coalition, representing the 3rd electoral section.^[9]

Electoral history

Electoral history of María Rosa Martínez

Election	Office	List		#	District	Votes			Result	Ref.
						Total	%	P.
2015	Councillor		Front for Victory	2	Almirante Brown Partido	137,765	43.47%	1st[a]	Elected	[10]
2019	National Deputy		Frente de Todos	18	Buenos Aires Province	5,113,359	52.64%	1st[a]	Elected	[11]

1. Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

1. "MARÍA ROSA MARTÍNEZ". HCDN (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
2. "María Rosa Martínez". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
3. "Diputada de extracción sindical adelantó su próximo proyecto: «Estamos trabajando para que la comunidad travesti trans tenga acceso a la jubilación a partir de los 40 años»". InfoGremiales (in Spanish). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
4. Mardones, Claudio (1 February 2021). "Sindicalistas y la pasión por la reelección, también en el Congreso". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
5. "María Rosa Martínez, concejal de Brown, será candidata a diputada nacional". Brown Online (in Spanish). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
6. "El Frente de Todos anotó lista de diputados encabezada por Massa y copada por La Cámpora". Ámbito (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
7. "Legalización del aborto: cómo votó cada diputado y cada bloque". Perfil (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
8. "María Rosa Martínez: "Es una medida de reconocimiento hacia las tareas de cuidado"". Radio Gráfica (in Spanish). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
9. Bartoli, Belén (27 October 2023). "Post elecciones: cómo quedará conformada la nueva Legislatura bonaerense". www.eldestapeweb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
10. "Escrutinio Definitivo" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
11. "Elecciones 2019". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

External links

• Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish)
• María Rosa Martínez on Twitter