Darío Martínez

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Darío Martínez
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Secretary of Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 August 2020
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded bySergio Lanziani
National Deputy
In office
1 March 2016 – 28 August 2020
ConstituencyNeuquén
Personal details
Born (1974-09-03) 3 September 1974 (age 47)
Ingeniero Huergo, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2003–2017)
Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–present)

Normán Darío Martínez (born 3 September 1974) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as Secretary of Energy in the Ministry of Economy, in the administration of minister Martín Guzmán. A member of the Justicialist Party, Martínez previously served as a National Deputy representing Neuquén Province from 2016 to 2020.

Early life and education[]

Martínez was born on 3 September 1974 in Ingeniero Luis A. Huergo, a small town in Northern Río Negro Province. He studied public accounting at the National University of Comahue, but dropped out before finishing his degree.[1]

Political career[]

Martínez was elected to the City Council of Neuquén in 2005, and served continuously until 2013. He unsuccessfully ran for the mayoralty of Neuquén in 2011, landing fourth with 7% of the vote.[2]

In the 2013 legislative election, Martínez ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as the second candidate in the Front for Victory list, behind Nanci Parrilli. The list received 21.31% of the vote, not enough for Martínez to be elected. Parrilli resigned in 2016, and Martínez assumed office in her stead.[3] He was re-elected in 2017, as the first candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list, which landed third with 19.36%.[4][5]

Martínez ran for re-election in the 2019 legislative election as the first candidate in the Frente de Todos list, which was the most voted, with 36.39% of the vote. As he was still a sitting deputy with mandate to 2021, upon taking office on 10 December 2019 he resigned from his 2017–2021 term, and took his seat.[6]

As a national deputy, Martínez was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of the 2018 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill.[7]

In August 2020, Martínez was appointed Secretary of Energy in replacement of Sergio Lanziani.[8] Martínez's seat in the Chamber of Deputies was taken by .[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Lafuente, Esteba (21 August 2020). "Darío Martínez. Quién es el diputado cristinista que llega a la secretaría de Energía". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "¿Quién es Darío Martínez, el nuevo secretario de Energía?". Ámbito (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Quién es Darío Martínez, el diputado que denunció a Macri por los Panamá Papers". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 7 April 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Resultados de las elecciones 2017, provincia por provincia". Clarín (in Spanish). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Cómo quedará conformado el Congreso a partir del 10 de diciembre". Primera Fuente (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Juraron los nuevos diputados". Página/12 (in Spanish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Martínez resaltó que tener una ley a favor del aborto es una decisión política". Río Negro (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Darío Martínez será el nuevo secretario de Energía". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Juró el reemplazante de Darío Martínez". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

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