Lucila Lehmann
{{short description|Argentine politician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
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|name = Lucila Lehmann
|image = María Lucila Lehman.png
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|order =
|office = National Deputy
|term_start = 10 December 2017
|term_end = 10 December 2021
|constituency = Santa Fe
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Santa Fe, Argentina
|profession =
|party = Civic Coalition ARI
|otherparty = Juntos por el Cambio {{small|(2015–present)}}
|alma_mater = National University of Rosario
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María Lucila Lehmann (born 28 May 1983) is an Argentine politician who was a National Deputy elected in Santa Fe from 2017 to 2021. She is a member of the Civic Coalition ARI, and sat in the Juntos por el Cambio parliamentary inter-bloc.
Early life and career
Lehmann was born on 28 May 1983 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz.{{cite web|url=https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/208|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=María Lucila Lehmann|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730213402/https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/208|archive-date=30 July 2021}} Through her father, she is a great-great-granddaughter of Guillermo Lehmann, a German-born businessman who founded many settlements in Santa Fe Province, including Rafaela. Lehmann is also granddaughter of Rodolfo Lehmann, who was governor of Santa Fe from 1916 to 1919.{{cite web|url=https://diariolaopinion.com.ar/contenido/187403/lehmann-la-gente-apoya-el-cambio-nos-va-a-ir-muy-bien|work=Diario La Opinión|title=Lehmann: "La gente apoya el cambio, nos va a ir muy bien"|date=9 August 2017|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}}
She studied odontology at the National University of Rosario, graduating in 2008. She is married to Luciano Bugallo.
Political career
In 2015, Lehmann was appointed to the Health Commission of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies by the Civic Coalition ARI bloc. She was also co-ordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Youth Policies Commission from 2016 to 2017, during the presidency of Mauricio Macri.
She ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election, as the third candidate in the Cambiemos list in Santa Fe.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2017/07/01/uno-por-uno-quienes-son-los-precandidatos-de-cambiemos/|work=Infobae|title=Uno por uno, quienes son los precandidatos de Cambiemos|date=1 July 2017|access-date=26 July 2021|language=es}} The list was the most voted in the general election with 37.80% of the vote, and Lehmann was 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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.primerafuente.com.ar/noticias/72477/como-quedara-conformado-congreso-partir-10-diciembre|work=Primera Fuente|title=Cómo quedará conformado el Congreso a partir del 10 de diciembre|date=30 October 2017|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}}
As a national deputy, Lehmann formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Agriculture and Livestock, Co-operative Affairs, Industrial Law and Foreign Affairs, Industry and Production, and PyMes and Corporative Social Responsibility.{{cite web|url=https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/diputados/mlehmannm/comisiones.html|work=HCDN|title=María Lucila Lehmann {{!}} Comisiones|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}} Lehmann was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina. She voted against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2018/06/14/juan-manuel-lopez-el-unico-diputado-de-la-coalicion-civica-que-voto-a-favor-del-aborto/|work=Infobae|title=Juan Manuel López, el único diputado de la Coalición Cívica que votó a favor del aborto|date=14 June 2018|access-date=30 July 2021|last=Mayol|first=Federico|language=es}} During the 2020 debate, she tried to have the parliamentary debate shut down on religious grounds, as she claimed to represent the "majority of citizens" of the Argentine nation who are Roman Catholic.{{cite web|url=https://politicadesantafe.com/por-que-la-diputada-santafesina-lucila-lehmann-pidio-suspender-el-debate-del-aborto/|work=Política de Santa Fe|title=¿Por que la Diputada santafesina Lucila Lehmann pidió suspender el debate del aborto?|date=10 December 2020|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202012/538065-fracaso-la-mocion-de-una-diputada-de-jxc-que-planteo-postergar-el-debate-hasta-enero.html|archivedate=2021-07-30|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20210730215303/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202012/538065-fracaso-la-mocion-de-una-diputada-de-jxc-que-planteo-postergar-el-debate-hasta-enero.html|work=Télam|title=Fracasó la moción de una diputada de JxC que planteó postergar el debate hasta enero|date=10 December 2020|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}}
Ahead of the 2021 primary election, Lehmann was confirmed as one of the candidates in the "Vamos Juntos" list in Santa Fe.{{cite web|url=https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/310725-este-es-el-equipo-para-defender-a-santa-fe-y-llevar-equilibrio-al-congreso-vamos-juntos-politica-vamos-juntos.html|work=El Litoral|title="Este es el equipo para defender a Santa Fe y llevar equilibrio al Congreso"|date=29 July 2021|access-date=30 July 2021|language=es}} Vamos Juntos lost in the Juntos por el Cambio primaries, and so Lehmann lost her chance at re-election. Her term expired on 9 December 2021.
References
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External links
- [https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/mlehmannm Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies] (in Spanish)
- {{twitter|LucilaLehmann}}
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Category:People from Santa Fe, Argentina
Category:Argentine people of German descent
Category:Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Santa Fe
Category:Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Category:Civic Coalition ARI politicians
Category:21st-century Argentine women politicians