Mayda Cresto | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Entre Ríos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1972-02-06)6 February 1972 (age 53) Concordia, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2003–2017) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of the Littoral |
Mayda Rosana Cresto (born 6 February 1972) is anArgentine lawyer, notary and politician. She served as aNational Deputy elected inEntre Ríos from 2017 to 2021. A member of theJusticialist Party, Cresto sat in theFrente de Todosparliamentary bloc from 2019 to 2021.
Cresto was born on 6 February 1972 inConcordia,Entre Ríos Province.[1] She comes from a political family; both her father, Juan Carlos Cresto, and her brother, Enrique Tomás Cresto, have served asintendente (mayor) of Concordia.[2] Her mother, Laura Martínez de Cresto, served asNational Senator.[3] Her grandfather,Enrique Tomás Cresto, wasgovernor of Entre Ríos from 1973 to 1976.
Cresto studied law at theNational University of the Littoral, graduating in 1994. She also has a notary's degree from the same university, attained in 2001. Cresto is divorced, and has three children.[1]
Cresto held a number of positions within the Justicialist Party (PJ), serving as attorney of the Paraná chapter of the PJ, and as a member of the Paraná PJ's party congress. From 2010 to 2017, she was employed at the Instituto Autarquico Becario Provincial, the provincial government's scholarship overseer.[1]
At the2017 legislative election, Cresto was the second candidate in theJusticialist Party list to theChamber of Deputies, behindJuan José Bahillo. The list was the second-most voted with 37.97% of the vote, and both Bahillo and Cresto were elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017.[4][5]
As a national deputy, Cresto presided the parliamentary commission on Petitions, Powers and Norms, and formed part of the commissions on Tourism, Public Works, Communications, Constitutional Affairs, and Sports.[1] She was an opponent of thelegalization of abortion in Argentina, voting against the twoVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.[6][7]