Martín Maquieyra

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Martín Maquieyra
National Deputy
Assumed office
1 March 2016
ConstituencyLa Pampa
Personal details
Born (1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 (age 35)
General Pico, Argentina
Political partyRepublican Proposal
Other political
affiliations		Juntos por el Cambio (2015–present)
Alma materArgentine Catholic University

Martín Maquieyra (born 10 November 1988) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in La Pampa since 2016. He is a member of Republican Proposal (PRO), and currently sits in the Juntos por el Cambio parliamentary bloc.

Originally sworn in as a replacement for Carlos Mac Allister, Maquieyra was elected in his own right in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Early life and education

Maquieyra was born on 10 November 1988 in General Pico, La Pampa Province. He studied political sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, graduating in 2015.[1]

Maquieyra's brother, Juan Ignacio Maquieyra, is also active in politics as part of Republican Proposal and works for the Buenos Aires city government.[2]

Political career

Maquieyra became involved in politics in La Generación Argentina, a youth group organised within the Republican Proposal (PRO) party.[3] He would eventually become the group's secretary general. Later, he served as a legislative aide for national deputy Carlos Mac Allister.[1]

National deputy

Maquieyra during the 2018 debate on the legalisation of abortion.

In the 2013 legislative election, Maquieyra was the third candidate in the "Frente Propuesta Federal" list, behind Mac Allister and Adriana Leher. With 19.33% and placing third in the general election, the list received enough votes for only Mac Allister to be elected to the National Chamber of Deputies. In 2016, Mac Allister was appointed Secretary of Sports by President Mauricio Macri; as Laher had previously been elected to the La Pampa provincial legislature, Maquieyra was called upon to fill in Mac Allister's vacancy.[4] Upon being sworn in on 3 March 2016, aged 27, he became the youngest congressman at the time. He formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Education, Agriculture and Livestock, and Transport.[5]

Maquieyra ran for re-election in the

P.A.S.O. primaries against two Radical Civic Union lists, and won, making him the first candidate in the Cambiemos list that competed in the general election.[6] With 45.39% of the vote, Cambiemos was the second-most voted list in the general election, allowing Maquieyra to be re-elected.[7][8]

During his 2017–2021 term, Maquieyra constituted part of the parliamentary commissions on Housing and Urban Planning, Foreign Affairs and Worship, Economy, Agriculture and Livestock, and Mercosur.[1] He was an opponent of the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, voting against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020, the latter of which passed and made abortion legal in the country.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Martín Maquieyra". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "El diputado sub 30 que sueña con ser intendente de su pueblo". Infobae (in Spanish). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Soria Guadalupe, Alan (6 May 2016). "La Generación: jóvenes con cargos, fieles pero sin fanatismos". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Martín Maquieyra, el diputado nacional más joven del país". NCN (in Spanish). 7 January 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Martín Maquieyra: "Mi rol va a pasar por la gestión"". La Reforma (in Spanish). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ^ "En La Pampa Mac Allister ganó la interna y sacó mas votos que Verna". La Política Online (in Spanish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Resultados de las elecciones 2017, provincia por provincia". Clarín (in Spanish). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Cómo quedará conformado el Congreso a partir del 10 de diciembre". Primera Fuente (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Legalización del aborto: cómo votó cada diputado y cada bloque". Perfil (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Maquieyra y su rechazo al aborto legal: "No soy de especular con un tema tan sensible"". Diario Textual (in Spanish). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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