Brenda Austin | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 18 May 2016 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Córdoba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1981-10-11)11 October 1981 (age 43) Esquel,Chubut Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Other political affiliations | Juntos por el Cambio(2015–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba |
Brenda Lis Austin (born 11 October 1981) is anArgentine politician who served as aNational Deputy elected inCórdoba Province from 2016 to 2021. She is a member of theRadical Civic Union (UCR).
Austin held a number of posts in the municipal government of theCity of Córdoba from 2014 to 2016; she was sworn in as deputy in replacement of Gerardo Bellocq, who died on 26 April 2016. She was re-elected in2017.
Austin was born inEsquel,Chubut Province on 11 October 1981. After finishing high school, she moved toCórdoba to study law at theNational University of Córdoba. As a law student, she was elected president of the Faculty of Law student union, and later served as president of the Córdoba University Federation.[1]
Austin ran for a seat in theChamber of Deputies in the2013 legislative election as the fifth candidate in theRadical Civic Union list inCórdoba Province, but she was not elected. In 2014, during the mayorship ofRamón Javier Mestre, she was appointed Secretary of Education in the municipal government of Córdoba. In 2016, she took office as deputy following the death of Gerardo Bellocq (who had himself taken office following the resignation ofOscar Aguad to become Minister of Communications).[2][3] She was sworn in on 18 May 2016.[4]
Austin was re-elected in the2017 legislative election, this time as part of theCambiemos coalition; she was the fourth candidate in the list. Cambiemos was the most-voted alliance in Córdoba, with 48.48% of the vote; Austin was comfortably elected.[5]
As a national deputy, Austin was a vocal supporter of thelegalization of abortion in Argentina. She voted in favor of the twoVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.[6][7]
