Pablo Carro | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2017 | |
| Constituency | Córdoba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-03-29)29 March 1965 (age 60) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Unidad Ciudadana(2017–2019) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba |
Pablo Carro (born 29 March 1965) is anArgentine politician, professor, and trade unionist, currently serving asNational Deputy elected inCórdoba. A member of theJusticialist Party, Carro was first elected in2017 and re-elected in2021. In addition, he served as secretary general of the University Professors and Researchers' Union of Córdoba (ADIUC) and secretary general of the Córdoba chapter of theArgentine Workers' Central Union.
Carro was born on 29 March 1965 inBuenos Aires. He studied social communication at theNational University of Córdoba, graduating in 1997, and later attained a master's degree in communication and culture from the same university, completed in 2007. Later, in 2010, he finished a master's degree in political science from theUniversity of Santiago de Compostela.[1]
Carro has been an adjunct professor of Politics and Communication at his alma mater.[1]
Carro's trade union career began in the University Professors and Researchers' Union of Córdoba (Spanish:Asociación de Docentes e Investigadores Universitarios de Córdoba), which groups National University of Córdoba faculty. He rose through the ranks and eventually became the union's secretary general, a position he held until 2017. He also served as secretary general of the Córdoba Province chapter of theArgentine Workers' Central Union (CTA).[2][3]
At the2017 legislative election, Carro ran for one of Córdoba's seats in theNational Chamber of Deputies as the first candidate in theCórdoba Ciudadana alliance list.[4] The list received 9.71% of the vote, enough for only Carro to be elected.[5][6] Upon taking office, he formed part of theFront for Victoryparliamentary bloc. Following the2019 general election, Carro joined theFrente de Todos bloc alongside most other members of the Front for Victory bloc.
Carro ran for re-election in2021, as the third candidate in the Frente de Todos list, which was headed by Martín Gill. The list received 10.51% of the vote, once again, enough for just one of its candidates to make it past theD'Hondt cut.[7] Gill, however, did not take office as deputy in the end, and as per the 2018 gender parity law, Carro took office in Gill's stead.[8]
As a national deputy, Carro formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Agriculture and Livestock, Education, Labour Legislation, Freedom of Expression, and Municipal Affairs, and presided the commission on Communications and IT.[1] He was a vocal supporter of thelegalisation of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of the twoVoluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.[9]