Mayda Cresto
{{Short description|Argentine politician (born 1972)}}
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|birth_place = Concordia, Argentina
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|party = Justicialist Party
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Mayda Rosana Cresto (born 6 February 1972) is an Argentine lawyer, notary and politician. She served as a National Deputy elected in Entre Ríos from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Justicialist Party, Cresto sat in the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc from 2019 to 2021.
Early life and education
Cresto was born on 6 February 1972 in Concordia, Entre Ríos Province.{{cite web|url=https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/144|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904222456/https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/144|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=Mayda Cresto|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=4 September 2021|language=es}} She comes from a political family; both her father, Juan Carlos Cresto, and her brother, Enrique Tomás Cresto, have served as intendente (mayor) of Concordia.{{cite web|url=https://www.analisisdigital.com.ar/edicion-impresa/2021/05/06/las-politica-me-encanta-pero-no-es-mi-vida-yo-tengo-una-vida|work=Análisis Digital|title="Las política me encanta, pero no es mi vida: yo tengo una vida"|last=Martínez|first=Claudia|date=6 May 2021|access-date=6 September 2021|language=es}} Her mother, Laura Martínez de Cresto, served as National Senator.{{cite web|url=https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/la-provincia/murio-la-ex-senadora-laura-martinez-pass-cresto-n2589317.html|work=Uno Entre Ríos|title=Murió la ex senadora Laura Martinez Pass de Cresto|date=6 June 2020|access-date=6 September 2021|language=es}} Her grandfather, Enrique Tomás Cresto, was governor of Entre Ríos from 1973 to 1976.
Cresto studied law at the National University of the Littoral, graduating in 1994. She also has a notary's degree from the same university, attained in 2001. Cresto is divorced, and has three children.
Political career
Cresto held a number of positions within the Justicialist Party (PJ), serving as attorney of the Paraná chapter of the PJ, and as a member of the Paraná PJ's party congress. From 2010 to 2017, she was employed at the Instituto Autarquico Becario Provincial, the provincial government's scholarship overseer.
At the 2017 legislative election, Cresto was the second candidate in the Justicialist Party list to the Chamber of Deputies, behind Juan José Bahillo. The list was the second-most voted with 37.97% of the vote, and both Bahillo and Cresto were elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017.{{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, Cresto presided the parliamentary commission on Petitions, Powers and Norms, and formed part of the commissions on Tourism, Public Works, Communications, Constitutional Affairs, and Sports. She was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/la-provincia/mayda-cresto-contra-del-aborto-incluso-casos-violacion-n1573259.html|work=Uno Entre Ríos|title=Mayda Cresto, en contra del aborto incluso en casos de violación|date=15 March 2018|access-date=6 September 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/uno-por-uno-como-voto-cada-diputado-el-proyecto-de-legalizacion-del-aborto-nid2143835/|work=La Nación|title=Uno por uno, cómo votó cada diputado el proyecto de legalización del aborto|last=Serra|first=Laura|date=14 June 2018|access-date=19 August 2021|language=es}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/mcresto Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies] (in Spanish)
- {{twitter|MaydaCresto}}
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Category:People from Concordia, Entre Ríos
Category:Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Entre Ríos
Category:Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Category:Justicialist Party politicians
Category:National University of the Littoral alumni
Category:21st-century Argentine women politicians