Eduardo de Pedro

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Eduardo de Pedro
General Secretary of the Presidency
In office
26 February 2015 – 10 December 2015
PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byAníbal Fernández
Succeeded byFernando de Andreis
Personal details
Born (1976-11-11) 11 November 1976 (age 47)
Unión por la Patria (2023–present)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
University of San Andrés

Eduardo Enrique "Wado"

General Secretary to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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De Pedro was one of the founding members of La Cámpora, the Front for Victory's youth wing. He served as Vice-president of Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas from 2009 to 2011.

Early life and education

Eduardo Enrique de Pedro was born on 11 November 1976 in

Nunca Más report. The two-year-old Eduardo Enrique was thereafter raised by his aunt Estela Révora.[1][3][4]

De Pedro has had a stutter since childhood.[5] Like his father, de Pedro studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, and then went on to receive a Master's Degree on public policy at the University of San Andrés. He is a founding member of HIJOS.[6][7][8]

Political career

De Pedro's political career began in 2004 when he was designated Chief of Cabinet of the Undersecretariat of Tourism of Buenos Aires City, during the administration of Aníbal Ibarra.[9] In 2006, alongside Máximo Kirchner, Andrés Larroque, Juan Cabandié, Mariano Recalde and José Ottavis, de Pedro co-founded La Cámpora, a youth political organization that acted as the youth wing of the Front for Victory.[10] In 2009, he was appointed to the board of the recently re-nationalized Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas.[11][12]

In 2011 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Front for Victory list, representing Buenos Aires Province. Representing the majority bloc in the Chamber, de Pedro was designated as member of the Council of Magistracy of the Nation in February 2014.[13][14]

On 26 February 2015 he was designated as

General Secretary of the Presidency under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a post he held until 10 December 2015, when Fernández de Kirchner's term ended.[15] De Pedro headed the Front for Victory's deputies party list in Buenos Aires Province in the 2015 legislative election, and in 2018 he was again designated as one of the Chamber's representatives to the Council of Magistracy, this time representing the minority bloc.[16][17]

Since 10 December 2019, he has served in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández as Minister of the Interior.[9]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Eduardo de Pedro
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2011 National Deputy Front for Victory 6 Buenos Aires Province 4,639,554 57.10% 1st[a] Elected [18]
2015 Front for Victory 1 Buenos Aires Province 3,354,619 37.28% 1st[a] Elected [19]
2023 National Senator Union for the Homeland 1 Buenos Aires Province 4,135,519 44.01% 1st[a] Elected
  1. ^ a b c Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ a b "La dramática historia que une a "Wado" De Pedro y "Juani" Ustarroz". Perfil (in Spanish). 14 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ "DE PEDRO, Enrique Osvaldo". robertobaschetti.com (in Spanish). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Causa 19.580, punto V- a. Hecho ocurrido en la calle Belén № 335, dpto. "2" de Capital Federal, el 11 de octubre de 1978". Desaparecidos.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. ^ "RÉVORA LUCILA ADELA" (PDF). Registro unificado de víctimas del terrorismo de Estado - Listado L-Z. Secretaría de Derechos Humanos de la Nación. 8 December 2015. p. 1025.
  5. ^ ""Wado" De Pedro, el líder de La Cámpora que construyó su propio poder bajo el paraguas de Cristina Kirchner". Infobae (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. Página/12
    (in Spanish). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  7. ^ "¿Quién es "Wado" De Pedro, el nuevo secretario general de la Presidencia?". TN.com.ar (in Spanish). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  8. ^ "El mercedino "Wado" de Pedro en los medios nacionales mencionado como nueva estrella política". hoymercedes.com.ar (in Spanish). 21 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b Pepe, Gabriela (4 November 2019). "Hablen con Wado". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Quién es Wado De Pedro, el camporista que gana poder en el Gobierno". El Cronista (in Spanish). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  11. ^ "El mercedino Eduardo De Pedro se suma al directorio de Aerolíneas Argentinas - Austral". Noticias Mercedinas (in Spanish). 21 July 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  12. Página/12
    (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  13. ^ Rodríguez Niell, Paz (5 February 2014). "La Cámpora gana espacio en el Consejo de la Magistratura". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  14. ^ "De Pedro: "El objetivo es generar discusión dentro del partido y formar cuadros"". Télam (in Spanish). 9 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Eduardo "Wado" de Pedro, referente nacional de La Cámpora, será el nuevo secretario general de la Presidencia". Télam (in Spanish). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Eduardo "Wado" de Pedro encabezará la lista de diputados nacionales del FpV en la provincia de Buenos Aires". La Nación. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Consejo de la Magistratura: piden anular la designación de Wado de Pedro". Perfil (in Spanish). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Elecciones 2011". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Elecciones 2015". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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