Mercedes Valenzuela

Mercedes Valenzuela
Mercedes Valenzuela in 2021
National Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2021
ConstituencyCorrientes
Senator of the Province of Corrientes
In office
10 December 2009 – 10 December 2013
Personal details
Born (1974-09-24) 24 September 1974 (age 52)
Esquina, Corrientes, Argentina
PartyRadical Civic Union

Mercedes Gabriela Valenzuela (born 24 September 1974) is an Argentine teacher and politician. She has been a member of the Argentine Senate since 2021 for the Radical Civic Union party.

Biography

She graduated as a Primary School Teacher from the JA Ferreyra Teacher Training Institute. She began her activism in the Radical Civic Union at the age of 15, holding various local and provincial positions within the party. From 2002 to 2005, she served as Regional Coordinator of the Federal Health Program, and from 2014 to 2021 as Zone Coordinator for the Ministry of Education of the Province of Corrientes. At the legislative level, she was elected councilwoman of Esquina from 2005 to 2009 and senator for the Province of Corrientes from 2009 to 2013.

In December 2021, she assumed the position of National Senator for Corrientes, representing the Radical Civic Union bloc, following the 2021 Argentine legislative election. As a senator, she voted in favor of DNU 70/23, the Framework Law, the decree that increased "reserved spending" by 100,000,000,000 pesos, and the Supreme Court nominations of Ariel Lijo [es] and Manuel García-Mansilla, who had already been appointed by decree by Javier Milei. Both nominations were rejected by the Senate.

Personal life

Valenzuela has two children.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Mercedes Valenzuela
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2021 National Senator ECO + Let's Go, Corrientes! 2 Corrientes Province 328,217 58.82% 1st Elected
  1. ↑ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ↑ "Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina". www.senado.gob.ar. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ↑ JURA SENADORA ELECTA MERCEDES VALENZUELA SESION ESPECIAL, retrieved 4 December 2023
  3. ↑ "Lijo y García-Mansilla: cómo votó cada senador en la sesión sobre la propuesta de Javier Milei para la Corte Suprema". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Elecciones 2021". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 15 July 2026.

See also