Mirta Tundis

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Mirta Tundis

|image = Mtundis.jpg

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|office= National Deputy

|term_start = 10 December 2013

|term_end = 10 December 2021

|constituency = Buenos Aires

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|7|df=y}}

|birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

|profession = Journalist, politician

|party = Renewal Front

|otherparty = United for a New Alternative {{small|(2015–2017)}}
1País {{small|(2017–2019)}}
Frente de Todos {{small|(2019–present)}}

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Mirta Tundis (born 7 September 1956) is an Argentine journalist and politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of the Renewal Front, she was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Early and personal life

Tundis was born on 7 September 1956 in Buenos Aires, to a family of Italian descent, and grew up in Villa Insuperable, a working-class neighbourhood in La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province.{{cite web|url=https://directorio.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/312|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810005622/https://directorio.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/312|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=Mirta Tundis|access-date=9 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elurbano.com.ar/desde-el-massismo-lanzaron-a-mirta-tundis-para-la-intendencia/|work=El Urbano|title=Desde el massismo lanzaron a Mirta Tundis para la intendencia|date=22 November 2018|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}} She was married from 1974 to 1994; Tundis has been open about her experiences with gender-based violence at the hands of her (now deceased) ex-husband.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/mirta-tundis-la-primera-golpiza-que-sufri-fue-cuando-estaba-embarazada-de-siete-meses-nid1794351/|work=La Nación|title=Mirta Tundis: "La primera golpiza que sufrí fue cuando estaba embarazada de siete meses"|date=20 May 2015|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}} She has two children.

Journalism career

Tundis' career in journalism began in the 1990s. Despite her lack of higher studies, she specialized in pensioners' affairs with segments in Canal 13 and TN.{{cite web|url=http://www.cadenaba.com.ar/nota.php?Id=16423|work=Cadena BA|title=Mirta Tundis, la columnista de Canal 13 será la segunda de Sergio Massa|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://chequeado.com/el-explicador/los-datos-detras-de-una-imagen-viral-recurrente-cuantos-son-y-cuanto-cobran-del-estado-los-familiares-de-mirta-tundis/|work=Chequeado|title=Los datos detrás de una imagen viral recurrente: cuántos son y cuánto cobran del Estado los familiares de Mirta Tundis|date=26 November 2020|access-date=9 August 2021|last=Giménez|first=José|language=es}} She would later anchor the segment Mirta Móvil, where she interviewed passersby in public squares on pensioners' issues.{{cite web|url=http://magdalenaweb.com.ar/nota/665/mirta_tundis_en_magdalena|work=Magdalena Web|title=Mirta Tundis en Magdalena|date=14 September 2017|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}} Tundis worked at Radio Mitre from 2003 to 2007, and in 2008, she began hosting her own programme, Mirta te Acompaña, in Cablevisión's Metro channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/jubilados-criticas-memes-video-mirtha-tundis-cambio-postura_0_Fh6Wa5dC.html|work=Clarín|title=Jubilados: críticas, memes y hasta un video para Mirtha Tundis por su cambio de postura|date=20 February 2020|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}}

Political career

File:Elecciones generales 22 octubre 2017 02 - Boletas 1País.jpg lists in the 2017 legislative election, with Tundis as the second candidate to the Chamber of Deputies, behind Felipe Solá.]]

Tundis was chief of press in the Comprehensive Medical Attention Program (PAMI) from 1994 to 2013. Ahead of the 2013 legislative election, Tundis was selected was the second candidate to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the Renewal Front list in Buenos Aires Province, behind Renewal Front leader Sergio Massa.{{cite web|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201306/22285-massa-es-candidato-a-diputado-y-lo-secundan-mirta-tundis-giustozzi-sola-y-de-mendiguren.html|archivedate=2023-04-26|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20230426045555/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201306/22285-massa-es-candidato-a-diputado-y-lo-secundan-mirta-tundis-giustozzi-sola-y-de-mendiguren.html|work=Télam|title=Massa es candidato a diputado y lo secundan Mirta Tundis, Giustozzi, Solá y De Mendiguren|date=22 June 2013|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}} The list was the most voted in the province, with 43.95% of the vote, and Tundis was easily elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2013/10/131028_argentina_elecciones_conclusiones_jrg|work=BBC Mundo|title=Sergio Massa, el gran ganador de las elecciones legislativas argentinas|last=De los Reyes|first=Ignacio|date=28 October 2013|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}} She was sworn in on 10 December 2013. Tundis was re-elected in 2017, this time the second candidate in the 1País list (of which the Renewal Front was part). The list received 11.03%, enough for Tundis to be 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=9 August 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=9 August 2021|language=es}}

As a national deputy, Tundis formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Population and Human Development, Disabilities, Analysis of Tax Normatives, and Elderly People. She was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina. She voted in favor of the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.{{cite web|url=https://infocielo.com/aborto-legal/asi-votaron-los-diputados-bonaerenses-el-historico-debate-la-legalizacion-del-aborto-n92600|work=InfoCielo|title=Así votaron los diputados bonaerenses en el histórico debate sobre la legalización del aborto|date=14 June 2018|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/legalizacion-del-aborto-como-voto-cada-diputado.phtml|work=Perfil|title=Legalización del aborto: cómo votó cada diputado y cada bloque|date=11 December 2020|access-date=24 July 2021|language=es}}

In the aftermath of the 2019 general election, Tundis, alongside the rest of the Renewal Front, joined the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2019/10/29/mirta-tundis-conto-como-fue-su-tenso-cruce-con-cristina-kirchner-en-la-noche-de-los-festejos-del-frente-de-todos/|work=Infobae|title=Mirta Tundis contó cómo fue su tenso cruce con Cristina Kirchner en la noche de los festejos del Frente de Todos|date=29 October 2019|access-date=9 August 2021|language=es}}