María Eugenia Catalfamo | |
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| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | San Luis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1987-10-04)4 October 1987 (age 38) San Luis, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Federal Commitment(since 2017) Frente de Todos(since 2019) |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba |
| Profession | Journalist, politician |
María Eugenia Catalfamo (born 4 October 1987) is anArgentine journalist and politician served as aNational Senator forSan Luis Province. A member of theJusticialist Party, Catalfamo was elected in2017 and currently sits in theFrente de Todosparliamentary bloc.
Catalfamo was born on 4 October 1987 inSan Luis, Argentina. She finished high school at Instituto Aleluya, and later studied social communication at theNational University of Córdoba (UNC), graduating 2012. From 2012 to 2013, she worked as a journalist for Agencia de Noticias San Luis, San Luis Province's state-owned news agency. She was also a writer forVivir Urbano magazine from 2013 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, she headed the press department of theUniversidad de La Punta.[1]
From 2013 to 2015, she was chief of press and protocol of the San Luis Province Ministry of Security. Later, in May 2017, she was appointed as State Secretary of Youth of San Luis by GovernorAlberto Rodríguez Saá.[2][3]
That same year, Catalfamo was the second candidate in theJusticialist Party list to theNational Senate in San Luis, behindAdolfo Rodríguez Saá.[4] The PJ list was the most voted in the province, with 55.48% of the vote, and took the two seats for the majority.[5] She originally formed part of the dissidentJusticialist Unitybloc, alongside Rodríguez Saá. In March 2019, she broke away from the Justicialist Unity bloc, forming a single-member bloc by the name of "San Luis Justicialism".[6] Following the2019 general election, both Rodríguez Saá and Catalfamo became part of theFrente de Todos bloc.[5]
As a national senator, she formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Industry and Commerce, Rights and Guarantees, Population and Human Development, Science and Technology, Women's Affairs, and General Legislation.[5] During the 2018 vote on theVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill, which would havelegalised abortion in Argentina, Catalfamo was the only senator to be absent in the session.[7] Two years later, when the bill was once again debated by the Senate, Catalfamo was present and voted in favour.[8]
