María Eugenia Bielsa | |
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| Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 11 November 2020 | |
| President | Alberto Fernández |
| Preceded by | New post |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Ferraresi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-03-10)10 March 1958 (age 67) |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for All(2019–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of Rosario |
María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera (born 10 March 1958) is anArgentineJusticialist Party politician, born inRosario,Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governorJorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also presides the provincial Senate. She is the sister of politicianRafael Bielsa and of football coachMarcelo Bielsa. From 2019 to 2020 she served asMinister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet ofAlberto Fernández.
Prior to the2005 legislative elections, PresidentNéstor Kirchner asked Bielsa to run for a highly contested seat at the nationalChamber of Deputies, but she refused, stating that she had a mandate to finish her term in the office for which she was elected.[1] Governor Obeid again asked Bielsa to run for mayor of Rosario in the2007 general elections at the end of their term. She did not explicitly refuse or accept that request at the time,[2][3]but eventually other mayoral candidates presented themselves instead.[4]Bielsa was elected to be a council member in Rosario's municipal election as head of theBloque Encuentro por Rosario.
From 2019 to 2020 she servedMinister of Territorial Development and Habitat. During her time in the position, she announced the relaunch of the PRO.CRE.AR national program, which provided loans for housing construction.[5] The program was originally launched from 2012 until it was discontinued in 2018, and at the time of its relaunch included nine lines of loans for the construction and renovation of loans.[6] In September 2020, it was announced that the task of urbanizing popular neighborhoods would be transferred from her ministry to the Ministry of Social Development.[7] She presented her resignation from the office on 11 November 2020, and the then Mayor of Avellaneda,Jorge Ferraresi, was immediately announced as her successor.[8] Speculation arose that she resigned after a letter fromCristina Kirchner, who accused some ministers of not working, which some took as a jab at not executing the entire budget and maintaining vacant secretariats.[8]
Bielsa is an architect, and she taught at the Faculty of Architecture of theNational University of Rosario. She is married to an architect and has a son who is studying the same career.[9] Her husband died in May 2007.[10]
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