Élida Vigo | |
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| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2005 – 9 December 2011 | |
| Succeeded by | Salvador Cabral Arrechea |
| Constituency | Misiones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-10-06)October 6, 1944 (age 81) |
| Political party | Front for the Renewal of Concordia |
| Spouse | Salvador Cabral Arrechea |
| Profession | Housewife, teacher |
Élida María Vigo (born 6 October 1944, inSan Juan Province) is anArgentine politician. From 2005 to 2011 she sat in theArgentine Senate representingMisiones Province in the majority block of theFront for Victory.
Vigo followed the left wing politics ofJorge Abelardo Ramos who described his ideology as the 'National Left'. She founded a party, the Movement for a New Country, which is part of the electoral alliance, theFront for the Renewal of Concordia. This Front was formed byRadicals andPeronists to support then governorCarlos Rovira and which supports the government of PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner and her predecessorNéstor Kirchner and their Front for Victory.
Vigo moved to Misiones in 1975. She served as a councillor inPosadas from 1987 until 1991, then served as a provincial deputy until 1995. From 1995 she was undersecretary of women and families in Misiones until 1996. From 1999 until 2002 she was deputy representative of Misiones Province inBuenos Aires, then returned to Misiones to become undersecretary of government.
In 2005 Vigo was elected to the Senate, with mandate until 2011. She was also a member of theMercosur Parliament. Vigo is also secretary general of the Union of Housewives and of its Misiones branch.
Her sister,Alejandra Vigo, is also active in politics and currently serves as a National Senator forCórdoba since 2021.[1]
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