Lorena Pokoik

Lorena Pokoik
National Deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2023
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires
In office
12 December 2013 – 10 December 2021
Personal details
Born (1972-12-24) 24 December 1972 (age 53)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
PartyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Front for Victory (2003–2017)
Unidad Porteña (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (2023–present)
EducationNational University of Tres de Febrero

Lorena Iris Pokoik García (born 24 December 1972) is an Argentine politician, who is currently a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in 2023. A member of the Justicialist Party, Pokoik previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2013 to 2021.

Early life and education

Pokoik was born and raised in the Mataderos neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. She became active in politics during her first year of secondary school, when she took part in the student union at Liceo No. 8. Her family later moved to Boedo, another neighbourhood of Buenos Aires City, and she continued her studies at notable school Colegio Nacional Mariano Moreno.

As a teenager she was also involved in local political activities through a Justicialist Party branch in the Abasto area. Pokoik earned a licenciatura in public policy and a diploma in regional integration policy.

Political career

Pokoik was first elected to the Buenos Aires City Legislature in the 2013 legislative election as the 5th candidate in the Front for Victory list. Pokoik was re-elected in 2017, this time as the sixth candidate in the Front for Victory list.

As of 2017 she was vice president of the Buenos Aires chapter of the Justicialist Party.

National Deputy

Pokoik was the third candidate in the Buenos Aires City Union for the Homeland list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2023 general election, behind Paula Penacca and Eduardo Valdés; the list received 31.41% of the popular vote, and Pokoik was elected. She took office on 10 December 2023.

On 2 July 2025, Pokoik entered an argument during a debate in Congress when she accused another deputy, Sabrina Ajmechet, of "defending genocide" for her pro-Israel statements. Other deputies then accused Pokoik of being an anti-semite, to which Pokoik retorted by saying she is of Jewish descent and her family survived the Holocaust.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Paula Penacca
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2013 City Legislator Front for Victory 5 City of Buenos Aires 321,863 17.18% 3rd Elected
2017 Front for Victory 6 City of Buenos Aires 408,462 21.26% 2nd Elected
2023 National Deputy Union for the Homeland 3 City of Buenos Aires 577,225 31.41% 2nd Elected
  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pokoik and the second or maternal family name is García.
  2. 1 2 3 Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. 1 2 Quirno, Tomás Luciano (6 August 2026). "Lorena Pokoik Garcia: Vida, Militancia y Trayectoria Legislativa". Info Argentum (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Lorena Pokoik". Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Lorena Pokoik: "Esperamos ponerle un freno a este modelo de ajuste y exclusión social"". Nueva Ciudad (in Spanish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "En la Ciudad hay unidad". Página 12 (in Spanish). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Las juras más curiosas de diputados y los abucheos libertarios a quienes juraron "por Néstor y Cristina"". Perfil (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Escándalo y duras acusaciones en Diputados por el conflicto Israel-Palestina". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 2 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Durísimo cruce entre las diputadas Lorena Pokoik y Sabrina Ajmechet por el conflicto en Medio Oriente". La Nación (in Spanish). 2 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Elecciones 2013". eleccionesciudad.gob.ar (in Spanish). Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Elecciones 2017". eleccionesciudad.gob.ar (in Spanish). Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Elecciones 2023". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 14 December 2023.