Walter Correa | |
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| Minister of Labour of Buenos Aires Province | |
| Assumed office 22 August 2022 | |
| Governor | Axel Kicillof |
| Preceded by | Mara Ruiz Malec |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-10-30)30 October 1965 (age 60) Moreno,Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2013–2017) Unidad Ciudadana(2017–2019) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
Jorge Walter Correa (born 30 October 1965) is anArgentine trade unionist and politician who was aNational Deputy from 2017 to 2021, elected inBuenos Aires Province. Correa is the Secretary General of the Sindicato de Obreros Curtidores (SOCRA), Argentina's leather workers' union. A member of theJusticialist Party, he was elected as part of theUnidad Ciudadana list in 2017, and later sat in theFrente de Todosparliamentary bloc in the Chamber of Deputies.
From 2013 to 2017, Correa was a member of the City Council ofMoreno. Since 2022, he has served as Minister of Labour of Buenos Aires Province under GovernorAxel Kicillof.
Correa was born on 30 October 1965 inMoreno, a city in theGreater Buenos Aires conurbation. He has a high school accountancy degree. He is married.[1]
Correa was elected to the position of Secretary General of SOCRA in 2012, and was re-elected in 2016.[2][3] Prior to that, he was Secretary General of the Greater Buenos Aires chapter of SOCRA.[4]
In 2013, Correa was elected to the Moreno City Council on theFront for Victory list.[5] Correa ran for a seat in theArgentine Chamber of Deputies in the2017 legislative election; he was the 10th candidate in theUnidad Ciudadana list inBuenos Aires Province.[6][7] The Unidad Ciudadana list received 36.28% of the votes, and Correa was elected. He was sworn in on 6 December 2017.[8]
As deputy, Correa formed part of the parliamentary commissions on National Defense, Small and Medium-sized Businesses, Cooperative Affairs, Industry and Labour Legislation.[9] Correa was a supporter of thelegalization of abortion in Argentina. He voted in favour of the twoVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.[10][11] He has also introduced legislation to reform the pensions system for leather workers, and to regulateremote workers.[1]
Ahead of the2021 primary election, Correa was confirmed as one of the candidates for re-election in theFrente de Todos list in Buenos Aires Province.[12] The list did not receive enough votes for Correa to make it past theD'Hondt cut, and so he was not re-elected. His term expired on 9 December 2021.
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2017 | National Deputy | Unidad Ciudadana | 10 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,383,114 | 36.28% | 2nd[a] | Elected | [13] | |
| 2021 | Frente de Todos | 18 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,444,446 | 38.59% | 2nd[a] | Not elected | [14] | ||
