Arabela Carreras
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{{Short description|Argentine politician (born 1970)}}
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|office = Governor of Río Negro
|vicegovernor = Alejandro Palmieri
|term_start = 10 December 2019
|term_end = 10 December 2023
|predecessor = Alberto Weretilneck
|successor = Alberto Weretilneck
|office1 = Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of Río Negro
|term_start1 = 20 September 2017
|term_end1 = 15 February 2019
|predecessor1 = Silvina Arrieta
|successor1 = Daniel Sanguinetti
|governor1 = Alberto Weretilneck
|office2 = Provincial Legislator of Río Negro
|term_start2 = 10 December 2011
|term_end2 = 20 September 2017
|constituency2 = Provincial list
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Bariloche, Argentina
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|party = Together We Are Río Negro
|otherparty = Front for Victory (2004–2011)
|alma_mater = National University of Córdoba
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Arabela Marisa Carreras (born 21 January 1970) is an Argentine teacher and politician. She was Governor of Río Negro Province since from 2019 to 2023, the first woman to hold the post. From 2017 to 2019 she was the province's Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports. She also served as a provincial legislator and as councilwoman in her hometown, San Carlos de Bariloche.
Early life and education
Arabela Marisa Carreras was born on 21 January 1970 in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Province.{{cite web|url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/arabela-carreras-como-mujer-el-desafio-es-que-me-dejen-hablar-de-otras-cosas-1231008/|work=Río Negro|title=Arabela Carreras: “como mujer, el desafío es que me dejen hablar de otras cosas”|date=19 January 2020|accessdate=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}} She studied modern literature at the National University of Córdoba, graduating with a licenciatura.{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/quien-es-arabela-carreras-primera-mujer-gobernadora-rio-negro.phtml|work=Perfil|title=Quién es Arabela Carreras, la primera mujer gobernadora de Río Negro|date=8 April 2019|accessdate=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}} From 1996 to 2007 she worked as a high school teacher.{{cite web|url=https://elcanciller.com/docente-y-ex-concejal-kirchnerista-arabela-carreras-la-mujer-que-busca-hacer-historia-en-rio-negro/|work=El Canciller|title=Docente y ex concejal kirchnerista: Arabela Carreras, la mujer que busca hacer historia en Río Negro|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}}
Political career
Carreras's political career began in the municipality of her native Bariloche under the mayoralty of Alberto Icaré. In 2006, when the city reformed its constitutional charter, Carreras was a constituent of the convention, which she presided. She represented the SUR-Front for Victory alliance. In 2007, she was elected councilwoman of the city. In 2011 she was elected to the provincial legislature in the Front for Victory ticket. Early in her tenure at the Legislature she supported the derogation of an "anti-cyanide" mining regulation, which prompted criticism and protests in Bariloche.{{cite web|url=https://www.anbariloche.com.ar/noticias/2011/12/29/25577-legislatura-derogo-la-ley-que-prohibia-el-uso-de-cianuro-y-la-mineria-a-cielo-abierto|website=anbariloche.com.ar|title=Legislatura derogó la Ley que prohibía el uso de cianuro y la minería a cielo abierto|date=29 December 2011|accessdate=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}} In 2014 she reversed her opinion, and instead proposed holding a binding referendum in the province to settle whether to limit surface mining in Río Negro or not.{{cite web|url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/ahora-arabela-carreras-propone-plebiscitar-la-actividad-minera-CVRN_4040563/|work=Río Negro|title=Ahora Arabela Carreras propone plebiscitar la actividad minera|date=28 August 2014|accessdate=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}}
From 2015 to 2017 she was the provincial executive's representative to the Río Negro Council of Magistracy.{{cite web|url=https://www.letrap.com.ar/nota/2019-3-26-10-15-0-la-elegida-de-weretilneck|work=Letra P|last=Boffelli|first=Ariel|title=La carrera de Arabela|date=26 March 2019|accessdate=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}} In 2017 she was appointed as the provinces Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports by Governor Alberto Weretilneck.
Ahead of the 2019 general election, Carreras was nominated as Juntos Somos Río Negro's – Weretilneck's political alliance – candidate to the governorship. She won the election with over 50% of the vote.
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Argentine women politicians
Category:21st-century Argentine politicians
Category:People from Bariloche
Category:Governors of Río Negro Province
Category:Members of the Legislature of Río Negro