Mara Brawer | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 19 December 2019 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-05-16)16 May 1962 (age 63) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2003–2017) Citizen's Unity(2017–2019) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Profession | Psychologist |
Mara Brawer (born 16 May 1962) is anArgentine psychologist and politician. She served asNational Deputy elected in theFederal Capital from 2011 to 2015 and then from 2019 to 2023. A member of theJusticialist Party, Brawer sat in theFront for Victory andFrente de Todosblocs.
Brawer has also served as Undersecretary of Education in the Government of the Buenos Aires City from 2006 to 2007, and as Undersecretary of Equity and Education Quality in theMinistry of Education of Argentina from 2009 to 2011.
Mara Brawer was born on 16 May 1962 inBuenos Aires.[1] She is Jewish.[2] She studied at theUniversity of Buenos AiresFaculty of Psychology and completed a degree on mediation and conflict resolution fromUniversidad de Belgrano.[3]
From 2006 to 2007, Brawer was Undersecretary of Education in the city government of Buenos Aires, in the administration ofJorge Telerman.[4] She was later head of the Argentine Observatory on School Violence, dependent on theMinistry of Education of Argentina.[5] In 2009, she was appointed Undersecretary of Equity and Education Quality, also within the scope of the national Ministry of Education, in the administration of MinisterAlberto Sileoni.[6]
At the2011 general election, Brawer was a candidate in theFront for Victory list to theArgentine Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires; she was elected.[7] During her first term, she authored Law 26.892 on coexistence and approach of social conflictivity in educational institutions.[4] She did not run for re-election in2015.
In 2014, Brawer was appointed secretary of women's affairs of the Buenos Aires CityJusticialist Party.[8]
Brawer ran again in the2019 general election, this time as the 6th candidate in theFrente de Todos list. Though she was not elected, she took office in place ofVictoria Donda, who resigned to become head of theNational Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism.[9]
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2011 | National Deputy | Front for Victory | 5 | City of Buenos Aires | 548,305 | 29.16% | 1st[a] | Elected | [12] | |
| 2019 | Frente de Todos | 6 | City of Buenos Aires | 641,054 | 35.02% | 2nd[a] | Not elected[b] | [13] | ||
