Nicolás Rodríguez Saá
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|birth_place = San Luis, Argentina
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|party = Justicialist Party
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Nicolás Marcelo Rodríguez-Saá (born 10 May 1984) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Justicialist Party.
Early life and education
Nicolás Marcelo Rodríguez-Saá was born on 10 May 1984 in San Luis, into the prominent Rodríguez-Saá political family.{{cite web|url=https://directorio.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/281|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=Nicolás Rodríguez Saá|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803062844/https://directorio.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/281|archive-date=3 August 2021|language=es}} His first cousins are former governors of San Luis Province, Adolfo Rodríguez-Saá and Alberto Rodríguez-Saá.{{cite web |last=El Ali |first=Julio |date=23 February 2020 |title=Nicolás Rodríguez Saá: "El desafío de los jóvenes es dejar los egos y construir un país a 20 años" |url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202002/434541-nicolas-rodriguez-saa-el-desafio-de-los-jovenes-es-dejar-los-egos-y-construir-un-pais-a-20-anos.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803064703/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202002/434541-nicolas-rodriguez-saa-el-desafio-de-los-jovenes-es-dejar-los-egos-y-construir-un-pais-a-20-anos.html |archivedate=2021-08-03 |access-date=3 August 2021 |work=Télam |language=es}} He studied law at the University of Buenos Aires.
Rodríguez-Saá is in a relationship with Justicialist Party politician and deputy for Entre Ríos, Carolina Gaillard, with whom he has a son, Felipe, born in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.filo.news/actualidad/La-curiosa-historia-de-los-diputados-que-juraron-hoy-y-son-pareja-20191219-0067.html|work=Filo.news|title=La curiosa historia de los diputados que juraron hoy y son pareja|date=19 December 2019|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/curiosa-historia-amor-de-dos-diputados-que-trabajan-juntos-congreso-y-fueron-papas.phtml|work=Perfil|title=La historia de amor de dos diputados que trabajan juntos en el Congreso y fueron papás|date=5 March 2020|access-date=31 July 2021|language=es}}
Political career
Rodríguez-Saá began his career as a legal advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship in 2014. He would later be an advisor to Governor Alberto Rodríguez-Saá, in 2017. That year, he was appointed director of the Casa de San Luis, the "cultural embassy" of San Luis Province in Buenos Aires. From 2018 to 2019, Rodríguez-Saá was director of legal affairs at the municipality of José C. Paz Partido, in the administration of intendente Mario Alberto Ishii.{{cite web|url=https://www.tiempoar.com.ar/politica/nicolas-rodriguez-saa-mi-sueno-es-replicar-en-el-conurbano-el-modelo-san-luis/|work=Tiempo Argentino|title=Nicolás Rodríguez Saa: "Mi sueño es replicar en el Conurbano el modelo San Luis"|date=9 August 2017|access-date=3 August 2021|language=es}}
Rodríguez-Saá ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election, as the 16th candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/quienes-son-los-candidatos-que-acompanan-a-cristina-kirchner-en-la-lista-nid2036768/|work=La Nación|title=La sorpresiva lista de diputados nacionales de Unidad Ciudadana: quiénes son los candidatos de Cristina|date=24 June 2017|access-date=19 July 2021|language=es}} The list received 36.28% of the votes, not enough for Rodríguez Saá to be elected. On 19 December 2019, he took office in place of Laura Alonso, who resigned to become Secretary of Social Inclusivity.{{cite web|url=https://elchorrillero.com/nota/2020/01/30/188126-el-diputado-y-primo-del-gobernador-rodriguez-saa-se-tatuo-la-firma-de-maradona/amp/|work=El Chorrillero|title=El diputado y primo del gobernador Rodríguez Saá se tatuó la firma de Maradona|date=30 January 2020|accessdate=11 November 2020|language=Spanish}} He formed part of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/237442-juraron-los-nuevos-diputados|work=Página/12|title=Juraron los nuevos diputados|date=19 December 2019|access-date=3 August 2021|language=es}}
As deputy, Rodríguez-Saá formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Political Trials, National Defense, Justice, Criminal Legislation, Foreign Affairs, and Internal Security.{{cite web|url=https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/nrodriguezsaa/comisiones.html|work=HCDN|title=Nicolás Rodríguez Saá {{!}} Comisiones|access-date=3 August 2021|language=es}} He was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which passed the Chamber.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/senadores-escuchennos-por-favor-jovenes-referentes-de-partidos-politicos-piden-legalizar-el-aborto-nid2160387/|work=La Nación|title="Senadores, escúchennos por favor": jóvenes referentes de partidos políticos piden legalizar el aborto|date=8 August 2018|access-date=3 August 2021|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/aborto-legal-uno-por-uno-asi-fue-voto-de-cada-diputado/|work=La Voz|title=Aborto legal: uno por uno, así fue el voto de cada diputado|date=11 December 2020|access-date=3 August 2021|language=es}}
Ahead of the 2021 primary election, Rodríguez-Saá was confirmed as one of the alternate candidates in the Frente de Todos list in Buenos Aires Province.{{cite web|url=https://elpaisdigital.com.ar/contenido/cmo-quedaron-las-listas-del-frente-de-todos/32176|work=El País Digital|title=Cómo quedaron las listas del Frente de Todos|date=26 July 2021|access-date=3 August 2021|language=es}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/nrodriguezsaa Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies] (in Spanish)
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Category:21st-century Argentine lawyers
Category:People from San Luis, Argentina
Category:Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province