Carolina Gaillard
{{short description|Argentine politician}}
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|office= National Deputy
|term_start = 19 December 2019
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|constituency = Entre Ríos
|term_start1 = 10 December 2013
|term_end1 = 10 December 2017
|constituency1 = Entre Ríos
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = General Campos, Argentina
|profession =
|party = Justicialist Party
|otherparty = Front for Victory {{small|(2007–2017)}}
Unidad Ciudadana {{small|(2017–2019)}}
Frente de Todos {{small|(2019–present)}}
|alma_mater = University of Buenos Aires
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Ana Carolina Gaillard (born 10 December 1981) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Entre Ríos Province. Having originally run in 2017, she took office on 19 December 2019, following the resignation Juan José Bahillo. She previously served as deputy from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Justicialist Party, Gaillard sits in the Frente de Todos bloc.
Early and personal life
Gaillard was born on 10 December 1981 in General Campos, a small town in the San Salvador Department of Entre Ríos Province. She studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, and has a master's degree in Public Policy from the same university.{{cite web|url=https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/175|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=Ana Carolina Gaillard|access-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731041822/https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/175|archive-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}
She is in a relationship with former Justicialist Party deputy for Buenos Aires Province, Nicolás Rodríguez Saá, with whom she has a son, Felipe, born in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.filo.news/actualidad/La-curiosa-historia-de-los-diputados-que-juraron-hoy-y-son-pareja-20191219-0067.html|work=Filo.news|title=La curiosa historia de los diputados que juraron hoy y son pareja|date=19 December 2019|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/curiosa-historia-amor-de-dos-diputados-que-trabajan-juntos-congreso-y-fueron-papas.phtml|work=Perfil|title=La historia de amor de dos diputados que trabajan juntos en el Congreso y fueron papás|date=5 March 2020|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}
Political career
Gaillard became involved with student politics as a law student in the University of Buenos Aires.{{cite web|url=https://www.juventudinformada.com.ar/2009/06/19/entrevista-a-carito-gaillard/|work=Juventud Informada|title=ENTREVISTA A «CARITO» GAILLARD|date=19 June 2009|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}} She served as a parliamentary secretary and legislative aide at the National Congress from 2007 to 2011.
In the 2009 legislative election, she ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as the tenth candidate in the Front for Victory list in Buenos Aires; the list received 11.61% of the popular vote, and Gaillard was not elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.lapoliticaonline.com.ar/nota/nota-92860/|work=La Política Online|title=Entre Ríos: La número dos de la lista de Urribarri no puede votar en la provincia|date=7 August 2013|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}} In 2011, she was appointed Director of the Casa de Entre Ríos, the "cultural embassy" of Entre Ríos Province in Buenos Aires.{{cite web|url=https://noticias.entrerios.gov.ar/notas/carolina-gaillard-es-la-nueva-directora-de-la-casa-de-entre-ros-en-buenos-aires-29236.htm|work=Secretaría de Comunicación de Entre Ríos|title=Carolina Gaillard es la nueva directora de la Casa de Entre Ríos en Buenos Aires|date=15 December 2011|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}
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Ahead of the 2013 legislative election, Gaillard was nominated as the second candidate in the Front for Victory list to the Chamber of Deputies, behind José Eduardo Lauritto.{{cite web|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201306/22294-se-oficializaron-en-entre-rios-las-listas-para-las-paso.php|work=Télam|title=Se oficializaron en Entre Ríos las listas para las PASO|date=23 June 2013|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731045227/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201306/22294-se-oficializaron-en-entre-rios-las-listas-para-las-paso.php|url-status=dead}} The list was the most voted in the province, with 46.65% of the vote, and Gaillard was elected.{{cite web|url=https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados2013.html#/9/4|work=Dirección Nacional Electoral|title=Recorriendo las Elecciones|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411225351/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados2013.html#/9/4|url-status=dead}} Gaillard ran for re-election in 2017, as the fourth candidate in the Frente Justicialista Somos Entre Ríos list, but the list did not receive enough votes for Gaillard to be re-elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/resultados-elecciones-2017-provincia-provincia_0_BJbEO996-.html|work=Clarín|title=Resultados de las elecciones 2017, provincia por provincia|date=23 October 2017|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}}
During her absence from Congress, Gaillard was Secretary of Tourism and Culture of Entre Ríos Province.
She took office as deputy again on 19 December 2019, following the resignation of Juan José Bahillo from the Chamber to become a minister in the Entre Ríos provincial government.{{cite web|url=http://www.apfdigital.com.ar/despachos.asp?cod_des=332699|work=APF Digital|title=Gaillard confirmó que reemplazará a Bahillo en la Cámara de Diputados de la Nación|date=3 December 2019|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}} She formed part of the Frente de Todos bloc.
As deputy, Gaillard was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which passed the Chamber.{{cite web|url=https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/la-provincia/aborto-legal-carolina-gaillard-confia-la-aprobacion-del-proyecto-n2629308.html|work=UNO Entre Ríos|title=Aborto legal: Carolina Gaillard confía en la aprobación del proyecto|date=10 December 2020|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}} In response to her support for the bill, anti-abortion protesters targeted her family's bakery in General Campos.{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/aborto-escracharon-un-local-de-los-padres-de-la-diputada-carolina-gaillard.phtml|work=Perfil|title=Aborto: escracharon un local de los padres de la diputada Carolina Gaillard|date=30 November 2020|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}
Ahead of the 2021 primary election, Gaillard was confirmed as one of the candidates for re-election in the Frente de Todos list in Entre Ríos.{{cite web|url=https://www.ambito.com/nacional/elecciones-2021/entre-rios-consenso-el-fdt-jxc-paso-real-n5231849|work=Ámbito|title=Entre Ríos: consenso en el FdT; JxC a PASO real|date=24 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}} With 31.63% of the vote, the FDT list received enough votes for Gaillard to be re-elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/la-provincia/diputados-quienes-entran-y-quienes-salen-rios-n2700313.html|work=Uno Entre Ríos|title=Diputados: quiénes entran y quiénes salen por Entre Ríos|date=15 November 2015|access-date=17 December 2021|language=es}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/agaillard Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies] (in Spanish)
- {{twitter|CaroGaillard}}
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