Leonardo Grosso | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 4 December 2011 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-04-01)1 April 1983 (age 41) San Martín,Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Evita Movement(2005–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2011–2017) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
| Spouse | |
Leonardo Grosso (born 1 April 1983) is anArgentine politician. Grosso is a member and one of the most prominent faces of theEvita Movement, aperonist political and social organization. He was a member of theArgentine Chamber of Deputies forBuenos Aires Province for 12 years, from 2011 to 2023.
Grosso was born on 1 April 1983 inSan Martín, a city in theGreater Buenos Airesconurbation.[1] He started his political activism in the JP Evita, theEvita Movement's youth wing, in 2005. He is currently studyingpolitical science at theNational University of General San Martín (UNSAM).[2]
Grosso was first elected to theChamber of Deputies in2011 in theFront for Victory list inBuenos Aires Province, in which he was the 20th candidate.[3] He was elected and sat in the Front for Victory bloc, aligned with the government of then-presidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner.[4] He was re-elected in2015, this time placing 13th in the FPV list.[5]
Ahead of the2017 legislative election, Grosso and the rest of the Evita Movement broke ranks with the FPV and instead backed the unsuccessful senatorial candidacy of formerInterior MinisterFlorencio Randazzo; in the Chamber of Deputies, the Evita Movement formed thePeronism for Victory bloc, which later formed part of theRed por Argentina parliamentary group alongside, among others, deputiesFelipe Solá andVictoria Donda.[6][7]
Ahead of the2019 general election, the Evita Movement joined theFrente de Todos (FDT) to back the presidential candidacy ofAlberto Fernández; Grosso was 3rd in the FDT deputies list in Buenos Aires Province and was easily re-elected.[8]
In 2023, he announced his intention to run for the mayorship ofGeneral San Martín Partido.[9]
In 2019 Grosso married his long-term partner, Guillermo Castro, becoming one of the few members of the Argentine National Congress to marry a same-sex partner under the2010 same-sex marriage law, afterAnaluz Carol andOsvaldo López.[10][11] Grosso has stated that he identifies asmarica.[12]
Grosso is a vocal supporter of thelegalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of theVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill during its treatment by the Chamber of Deputies in 2018 and 2020.[13]
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2011 | National Deputy | Front for Victory | 20 | Buenos Aires Province | 4,592,054 | 57.10% | 1st[a] | Elected | [14] | |
| 2015 | Front for Victory | 13 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,354,619 | 37.28% | 1st[a] | Elected | [15] | ||
| 2019 | Frente de Todos | 3 | Buenos Aires Province | 5,113,359 | 52.64% | 1st[a] | Elected | [16] | ||
| 2021 | Councillor | Frente de Todos | 2 | General San Martín Partido | 96,394 | 39.47% | 1st | Elected[b] | [18] | |
