Vanesa Siley

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|office = Councillor of Magistracy

|term_start = 27 December 2019

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|appointer = Chamber of Deputies

|office1 = National Deputy

|term_start1 = 6 December 2017

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|constituency1 = Buenos Aires

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|8|19|df=y}}

|birth_place = Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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|party = Justicialist Party

|otherparty = Unidad Ciudadana {{small|(2017–2019)}}
Frente de Todos {{small|(2019–present)}}

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Vanesa Raquel Siley (born 19 August 1984) is an Argentine lawyer, trade unionist and politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing Buenos Aires Province. A member of the Justicialist Party, Siley was elected in 2017 for the Unidad Ciudadana coalition, and currently sits in the Frente de Todos bloc.

Early life and career

Siley was born on 19 August 1984 in Mercedes, in Buenos Aires Province. She is a lawyer.{{cite web|url=https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/287|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=Vanesa Siley|access-date=19 July 2021|language=es}} She is a member of La Cámpora. Her political career began in the judicial workers' trade union Unión de Empleados Judiciales de la Nación (UJEN); in 2014, she contested the leadership of UJEN leader Julio Piumato, and won in the Buenos Aires section. Following her victory in the Capital, Siley formed the Sindicato de Trabajadores Judiciales (Sitraju), a Buenos Aires{{En dash}}based union.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/vanesa-siley-camporista-tenso-relacion-corte-suprema-nid2470750/|title=Vanesa Siley, la camporista que tensó la relación con la Corte Suprema|last=Ballinoti|first=Nicolás|date=6 October 2020|access-date=24 July 2021|language=es}}

Political career

Siley ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election; she was the fourth candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list in Buenos Aires Province.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/elecciones-2017-famosos-periodistas-y-otras-sorpresas-del-cierre-de-listas-nid2036769/|work=La Nación|title=Elecciones 2017: famosos, periodistas y otras sorpresas del cierre de listas|date=24 June 2017|access-date=19 July 2021|language=es}} The Unidad Ciudadana list received 36.28% of the votes, and Siley was elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/minuto-a-minuto-juran-los-127-diputados-nacionales-elegidos-en-octubre-nid2088968/|title=Minuto a minuto: juraron 126 diputados nacionales elegidos en octubre|date=6 December 2017|access-date=24 July 2021|language=es}}

As a national deputy, Siley formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Labour Legislation (which she presides), political trials, justice, general legislation, criminal legislation, and freedom of expression, as well as the permanent bicameral commission on the National Public Ministry.{{cite web|url=https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/diputados/vsiley/comisiones.html|work=HCDN|title=Vanesa Siley {{!}} Comisiones|access-date=24 July 2021|language=es}} She was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.{{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}}

On 27 December 2019, she was sworn in as one of the Chamber of Deputies' representatives in the Council of Magistracy of the Nation.{{cite web |date=27 December 2019 |title=Juraron dos nuevos integrantes del Consejo de la Magistratura |url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201912/419664-jura-dos-integrantes-consejo-de-la-magistratura.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207225900/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201912/419664-jura-dos-integrantes-consejo-de-la-magistratura.html |archivedate=2023-12-07 |access-date=24 July 2021 |work=Télam |language=es}} In 2020, she introduced a petition of political trial against Supreme Court of Argentina president Carlos Rosenkrantz.{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/296587-la-diputada-vanesa-siley-pidio-el-juicio-politico-de-carlos-|work=Página/12|title=La diputada Vanesa Siley pidió el juicio político de Carlos Rosenkrantz|date=13 December 2020|access-date=24 July 2021|language=es}}

Electoral history

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" \|+ {{sronly\|Electoral history of Vanesa Siley}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 \| Election ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 \| Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 \| List ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 \| {{abbr\|2=List number\|#}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 \| District ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 \| Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 \| Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 \| {{abbr\|2=Reference\|Ref}}.
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \| Total ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \| % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \| {{abbr\|2=Position\|P}}.
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \| 2017 \| rowspan="2" \| National Deputy \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Justicialist Party}};"\| \| Unidad Ciudadana \| 4 \| Buenos Aires Province \| 3,383,114 \| 36.28% \| 2nd{{efn\|name=fn1\|Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}} \| {{yes2\|Elected}} \| {{Cite web\|title=Elecciones 2017\|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2017\|website=argentina.gob.ar\|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral\|access-date=4 February 2023\|language=es}}
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \| 2021 \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Frente de Todos}};"\| \| Frente de Todos \| 7 \| Buenos Aires Province \| 3,444,446 \| 38.59% \| 2nd{{efn\|name=fn1}} \| {{yes2\|Elected}} \| {{Cite web\|title=Elecciones 2021\|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2021\|website=argentina.gob.ar\|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral\|access-date=4 February 2023\|language=es}}

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style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2017

| rowspan="2" | National Deputy

| style="background-color:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|

| Unidad Ciudadana

| 4

| Buenos Aires Province

| 3,383,114

| 36.28%

| 2nd{{efn|name=fn1|Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}}

| {{yes2|Elected}}

| {{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2017|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2017|website=argentina.gob.ar|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es}}

style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 2021

| style="background-color:{{party color|Frente de Todos}};"|

| Frente de Todos

| 7

| Buenos Aires Province

| 3,444,446

| 38.59%

| 2nd{{efn|name=fn1}}

| {{yes2|Elected}}

| {{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2021|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/dine/resultadosyestadisticas/2021|website=argentina.gob.ar|publisher=Dirección Nacional Electoral|access-date=4 February 2023|language=es}}