Matías David Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Rodríguez in 2018 | |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 18 October 2023 | |
| Constituency | Tierra del Fuego |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Tierra del Fuego |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1981-12-14)14 December 1981 Ushuaia,Tierra del Fuego, Argentina |
| Died | 18 October 2023(2023-10-18) (aged 41) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2015–2017) Citizen's Unity (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019-2023) |
| Children | 2 |
Matías David Rodríguez (14 December 1981 – 18 October 2023) was an Argentine politician who served as aNational Senator forTierra del Fuego. A member of theJusticialist Party andLa Cámpora, Rodríguez was elected in2019, and sat in theFrente de Todosparliamentary bloc.
Rodríguez previously served as aNational Deputy from 2015 to 2019, and as head of the provincial branch ofANSES in Tierra del Fuego from 2012 to 2015.
Matías David Rodríguez was born inUshuaia, Tierra del Fuego on 14 December 1981. He was married to Laura Beatriz Ávila and had two children.[1]
Rodríguez became a supporter of former presidentNéstor Kirchner during his presidential campaign in2003, when he became part of the "Kirchner Presidente" committee in Tierra del Fuego. Later, in 2007, Rodríguez was one of the founders ofLa Cámpora in the province.[1]
In 2012, Rodríguez was appointed chief of the Tierra del Fuego branch ofANSES, Argentina's national social security agency. Two years later, in the2015 legislative election, he ran for a seat in theNational Chamber of Deputies as the first candidate in theFront for Victory list.[2] The list received 42.01% of the vote, and Rodríguez was comfortably elected alongside the next candidate in the list,Analuz Carol. They were sworn in on 4 December 2015.[3]
As a national deputy, Rodríguez served as secretary on the parliamentary commission on small and medium-sized businesses (PyMES), and formed part of the commissions on commerce, finances, industry, and tourism.[4]
In the2019 legislative election, Rodríguez ran for one of Tierra del Fuego's three seats in theArgentine Senate as the first candidate in theFrente de Todos (FDT) list, followed byMaría Eugenia Duré. With 41.1% of the vote, the FDT was the most-voted list in Tierra del Fuego, and both Rodríguez and Duré were elected for the majority seats. As senator, he formed part of the commissions on accords, administrative and municipal affairs, national defense, and national economy and investment.[1]
Rodríguez was a supporter of thelegalisation of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of theVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill in 2018 as deputy and in 2020 as senator.[5]
On 18 October 2023, Rodríguez was found dead inside his home in Ushuaia. It was reported that his body had sustained a gunshot wound.[6] The initial investigation concluded that his death was a suicide as Rodriguez had left behind a note that stated he had found his wife in bed with his friend, the current intendant of Ushuaia, Walter Vuoto, and that they had confessed to him they had been lovers for some time.[7][8][6][9]
