Ignacio Torres (politician)

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Ignacio Torres
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National Senator
Assumed office
10 December 2021
ConstituencyChubut
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2021
ConstituencyChubut
Personal details
Born
Ignacio Agustín Torres

(1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 33)
Trelew, Argentina
Political partyRepublican Proposal
Other political
affiliations		Juntos por el Cambio (2015–present)
Alma materArgentine University of Enterprise

Ignacio Agustín "Nacho" Torres (born 4 May 1988) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a National Senator for Chubut. A member of Republican Proposal, Torres was elected in 2021 and sits in the Juntos por el Cambio parliamentary inter-bloc. He previously served as a National Deputy from 2019 to 2021.

Early life and education[]

Torres was born on 4 May 1988 in Trelew, Chubut Province. He grew up in the Los Olmos neighbourhood of Trelew, and studied at Escuela 199 and Escuela 712.[1] He counts with a degree (2012) on administrative analysis and a licenciate degree (2013) on business administration from the Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE).[2]

Political career[]

In 2015, he became president of the Chubut chapter of Fundación Pensar, the official think tank of Republican Proposal (PRO); he held the position until 2020. In 2015, he was also appointed executive director of the Chubut PAMI, a position he held until 2017.[3] From March to December 2019, he was coordinator of the Patagonian Development Table of the Interior Ministry, under then-minister Rogelio Frigerio.[2]

In the 2019 legislative election, Torres ran in the Juntos por el Cambio list (of which PRO formed part) to the Chamber of Deputies in Chubut as the first candidate.[4] Torres' list came second in the general election, with 32.29% of the vote against the Frente de Todos' 53.45%, enough for Torres to be elected.[5] He was sworn in on 4 December 2019. Upon being sworn in, he became the youngest deputy in Congress, at 31 years old.[1]

As a deputy, Torres formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Transport, Regional Economies and Development, Elderly People, Consumer Rights and Competition, Tax Norms, and Maritime Interests.[2] He was an opponent of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.[6]

National Senator[]

Torres was the first candidate in the Juntos por el Cambio list to the Chubut seats in the Argentine Senate in the 2021 legislative election.[7] Juntos por el Cambio was the most voted list in the province, with 37.87% of the vote, granting Torres and the second candidate in the list, , the two seats for the majority as per the limited voting system used for the Argentine upper house.[8] He took office on 10 December 2021.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "El diputado nacional más joven del Congreso es de Chubut". ADN Sur (in Spanish). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Ignacio Agustín Torres". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Ignacio Torres asumió como director de PAMI en Chubut". El Patagónico (in Spanish). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ^ Tronfi, Ana (27 September 2019). "Candidatos 2019: todas las listas para las elecciones de octubre". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "El recuento determinó que una de las tres bancas será para Juntos por el Cambio". Télam (in Spanish). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Legalización del aborto: cómo votó cada diputado y cada bloque". Perfil (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Nacho Torres es el primer precandidato a senador oficializado". El Chubut (in Spanish). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Chubut: dos senadores para Juntos por el Cambio". Página/12 (in Spanish). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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