Hugo Yasky | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2017 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1949-10-10)10 October 1949 (age 75) Ramos Mejía,Buenos Aires Province,Argentina |
| Political party | New Encounter |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(until 2019) Citizen's Unity(2017–2019) Frente de Todos(since 2019) |
| Occupation | Union leader, politician |
Hugo Yasky (born 10 October 1949) is an Argentine teacher, union leader and politician. Since 2006 he has been Secretary-General of theArgentine Workers' Central Union (CTA), a major trade union federation inArgentina. Since 2017 he has additionally been a member of theArgentine Chamber of Deputies representingBuenos Aires Province.
Yasky is also vice president ofNew Encounter, akirchnerist political party affiliated to theFrente de Todos.
Hugo Yasky was born in 1949 inRamos Mejía, a city in theGreater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. His family is ofRomanian-Jewish origin, although he was raised in aJewish secular household. His grandfather was the firstSocialist local councillor in Ramos Mejía.[1]
He started working as a teacher in 1971, aged 21. He joined the teachers' union, and voted for the creation of the CTERA union in 1973. He was fired in 1978, during theNational Reorganization Process. He started to work again in 1981, inLomas de Zamora, recreating the local teachers' union. He was elected secretary general of SUTEBA in 1994.[1]
He was elected secretary general of the CTA in 1997. Back then, he opposed the policies of presidentCarlos Menem, and took part in ahunger strike at theCarpa blanca.[1] There were new elections in 2011, and he was initially defeated byPablo Micheli, who opposed the presidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner, supported by Yasky. The elections were contested, and the judiciary confirmed Yasky as president. Micheli considered that the presidency would have interfered in the elections via loyalist judges, and Yasky that the judiciary confirmed their suspicions about electoral fraud.[2]
He was elected to theArgentine Chamber of Deputies in the2017 legislative election.[3]
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2017 | National Deputy | Unidad Ciudadana | 6 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,383,114 | 36.28% | 2nd[a] | Elected | [4] | |
| 2021 | Frente de Todos | 8 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,444,446 | 38.59% | 2nd[a] | Elected | [5] | ||
