María Eugenia Catalfamo
{{short description|Argentine politician (born 1987)}}
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| office = National Senator
| term_start = 10 December 2017
| term_end = 10 December 2023
| constituency = San Luis
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| birth_place= San Luis, Argentina
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| party= Justicialist Party
| otherparty = Federal Commitment {{small|(since 2017)}}
Frente de Todos {{small|(since 2019)}}
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| profession = Journalist, politician
| alma_mater = National University of Córdoba
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María Eugenia Catalfamo (born 4 October 1987) is an Argentine journalist and politician served as a National Senator for San Luis Province. A member of the Justicialist Party, Catalfamo was elected in 2017 and currently sits in the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.
Early life and education
Catalfamo was born on 4 October 1987 in San Luis, Argentina. She finished high school at Instituto Aleluya, and later studied social communication at the National University of Córdoba (UNC), graduating 2012. From 2012 to 2013, she worked as a journalist for Agencia de Noticias San Luis, San Luis Province's state-owned news agency. She was also a writer for Vivir Urbano magazine from 2013 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, she headed the press department of the Universidad de La Punta.{{cite web|url=https://www.senado.gob.ar/senadores/senador/488|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929230341/https://www.senado.gob.ar/senadores/senador/488|website=senado.gob.ar|title=María Eugenia Catalfamo|archive-date=29 September 2020|language=es}}
Political career
From 2013 to 2015, she was chief of press and protocol of the San Luis Province Ministry of Security. Later, in May 2017, she was appointed as State Secretary of Youth of San Luis by Governor Alberto Rodríguez Saá.{{cite web|url=http://lagacetadigital.com.ar/eugenia-catalfamo-sera-la-primera-secretaria-de-la-juventud-de-la-provincia/|work=La Gaceta Digital|title=Eugenia Catalfamo será la primera secretaria de la Juventud de la provincia|date=11 May 2017|access-date=21 February 2022|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/eugenia-catafalmo-leal-rodriguez-saa-autora-del-nid2334993|work=La Nación|title=Eugenia Catalfamo, leal a Rodríguez Saá y autora del proyecto de prisión preventiva|date=19 February 2020|access-date=21 February 2022|last=Rosemberg|first=Jaime|language=es}}
That same year, Catalfamo was the second candidate in the Justicialist Party list to the National Senate in San Luis, behind Adolfo Rodríguez Saá.{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/nota/2017-6-25-12-29-0-cinco-listas-en-carrera-para-los-cargos-nacionales|work=El Diario de la República|title=Cinco listas en carrera para los cargos nacionales|date=25 June 2017|access-date=21 February 2022|language=es}} The PJ list was the most voted in the province, with 55.48% of the vote, and took the two seats for the majority.{{cite web|url=https://directorio.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/11|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=María Eugenia Catalfamo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221155008/https://directorio.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/11|archive-date=21 February 2022|language=es}} She originally formed part of the dissident Justicialist Unity bloc, alongside Rodríguez Saá. In March 2019, she broke away from the Justicialist Unity bloc, forming a single-member bloc by the name of "San Luis Justicialism".{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiariodelarepublica.com/nota/2019-3-17-14-57-0-la-senadora-catalfamo-rompio-con-adolfo-y-creo-su-propio-bloque|work=El Diario de la República|title=La senadora Catalfamo rompió con Adolfo y creó su propio bloque|date=17 March 2019|access-date=21 February 2022|language=es}} Following the 2019 general election, both Rodríguez Saá and Catalfamo became part of the Frente de Todos bloc.
As a national senator, she formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Industry and Commerce, Rights and Guarantees, Population and Human Development, Science and Technology, Women's Affairs, and General Legislation. During the 2018 vote on the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill, which would have legalised abortion in Argentina, Catalfamo was the only senator to be absent in the session.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/voto-voto-ahora-definicion-aborto-legal-senado_0_rk93at_HX.html|work=Clarín|title=Rechazo al aborto legal: cómo votó cada senador|date=8 August 2018|access-date=21 February 2022|language=es}} Two years later, when the bill was once again debated by the Senate, Catalfamo was present and voted in favour.{{cite web|url=https://elgritodelsur.com.ar/2020/12/maria-eugenia-catalfamo-aborto-cuestion-convicciones-nadie-cambia-de-idea-en-dos-anos.html|work=El Grito del Sur|title="El aborto es una cuestión de convicciones: nadie cambia de idea en dos años"|date=22 December 2020|last=Cybel|first=Dalia|access-date=21 February 2022|language=es}}
References
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External links
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- {{official website|https://www.senadoracatalfamo.com/}} {{in lang|es}}
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Category:Argentine people of Italian descent
Category:People from San Luis, Argentina
Category:Argentine women journalists
Category:Members of the Argentine Senate for San Luis
Category:Women members of the Argentine Senate
Category:Justicialist Party politicians
Category:National University of Córdoba alumni