Lucila Masin

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|office= National Deputy

|term_start = 10 December 2015

|term_end = 10 December 2023

|constituency = Chaco

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|birth_place = Villa Ocampo, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

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|party = Justicialist Party

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María Lucila Masin (born 31 May 1984) is an Argentine politician. She served as a National Deputy elected in Chaco Province, first elected in 2015 for the Front for Victory, and later re-elected in 2019 as part of the Frente de Todos.

Early life and education

Masin was born on 31 May 1984 in Villa Ocampo, a city in the General Obligado Department of Santa Fe Province. She completed a degree to be a professor of Education Sciences at the National University of the Northeast.{{cite web|url=https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/287|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=María Lucila Masin|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720180221/https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/228|archive-date=20 July 2021|language=es}} She has one child.{{cite web|url=https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/mmasin|work=HCDN|title=MARÍA LUCILA MASIN|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}

Masin's political activism began in a Kirchnerist political organization in Chaco, called La Pingüina.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/diputados-sub-35-jovenes-congreso-frente-todos-nid2334856/|work=La Nación|title=Diputados sub-35: quiénes son y cómo piensan los más jóvenes del Congreso|date=18 February 2020|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}

Political career

Ahead of the 2015 legislative election, Masin was nominated as the second candidate in the Front for Victory (FPV) list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, behind Analía Rach Quiroga.{{cite web|url=http://www.diariochaco.com/noticia/analia-rach-encabeza-lista-de-diputados-nacionales-del-frente-chaco-merece-mas|work=Diario Chaco|title=Analía Rach Quiroga encabeza la lista oficialista de diputados nacionales del Frente Chaco Merece Más|date=20 June 2015|access-date=3 January 2021|language=es}} The list received 53.75% of the votes, and both Rach Quiroga and Masin were easily elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/elecciones-2015-la-conformacion-del-proximo-congreso-en-tiempo-real-nid1839395/|work=La Nación|title=Elecciones 2015: la conformación del próximo Congreso en tiempo real|date=26 October 2015|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}

For the 2019 general election, Masin was the first candidate in the Frente de Todos list; she faced off in the P.A.S.O. primaries against the list supported by former governor Domingo Peppo.{{cite web|url=https://www.letrap.com.ar/nota/2019-6-22-23-29-0-arde-chaco-peppo-y-capitanich-van-a-las-paso-dentro-del-frente-de-todos|work=Letra P|title=Arde Chaco: Peppo y Capitanich van a las PASO dentro del Frente de Todos|last=Pepe|first=Gabriela|date=22 July 2019|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}} Masin's list, which was in turn supported by former governor Jorge Capitanich, won the primary election.{{cite web|url=https://www.chacodiapordia.com/2019/10/18/elecciones-en-el-chaco-la-campora-logro-una-intendencia-y-cuatro-concejalias/|work=Chaco Día por Día|title=Elecciones en el Chaco: La Cámpora logró una intendencia y cuatro concejalías|date=18 October 2019|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}} The Frente de Todos won 56.70% of the votes in the deputy category, and Masin was elected alongside the second candidate in the list, Aldo Leiva.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2018/03/06/con-las-firmas-de-71-diputados-presentaran-en-el-congreso-el-proyecto-de-aborto-legal/|work=Infobae|title=Presentan en Diputados el proyecto de aborto legal|date=6 March 2018|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chacodiapordia.com/2019/10/27/en-el-chaco-el-frente-de-todos-se-impuso-en-las-categorias-de-senadores-y-diputados-nacionales/|work=Chaco Día por Día|title=El Frente de Todos se impuso en las categorías de senadores y diputados nacionales|date=27 October 2019|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}

As deputy, Masin was a vocal supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that passed the Chamber, in 2018 and 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.letrap.com.ar/nota/2020-3-8-9-10-0-gobernadores-prescindentes-en-la-batalla-final-de-los-panuelos-en-el-senado-editada|work=Letra P|title=Gobernadores prescindentes en la batalla final de los pañuelos en el Senado|last=Pepe|first=Gabriela|date=8 March 2020|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}

In June 2021, she was elected second vice president of the Resistencia chapter of the Justicialist Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.chacodiapordia.com/2021/06/17/asumieron-las-nuevas-autoridades-del-consejo-local-del-pj-de-resistencia/|work=Chaco Día por Día|title=Asumieron las nuevas autoridades del Consejo Local del PJ de Resistencia|date=17 June 2021|access-date=20 July 2021|language=es}}