Nicolás Rodríguez Saá
Nicolás Rodríguez-Saá | |
|---|---|
| National Deputy | |
| In office 19 December 2019 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1984 San Luis, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Nicolás Marcelo Rodríguez-Saá (born 10 May 1984) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Justicialist Party.
Early life and education
[edit]Nicolás Marcelo Rodríguez-Saá was born on 10 May 1984 in San Luis, into the prominent Rodríguez-Saá political family.[1] His first cousins are former governors of San Luis Province, Adolfo Rodríguez-Saá and Alberto Rodríguez-Saá.[2] He studied law at the University of Buenos Aires.[1]
Rodríguez-Saá is in a relationship with Justicialist Party politician and deputy for Entre Ríos, Carolina Gaillard, with whom he has a son, Felipe, born in 2020.[3][4]
Political career
[edit]Rodríguez-Saá began his career as a legal advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship in 2014. He would later be an advisor to Governor Alberto Rodríguez-Saá, in 2017.[1] That year, he was appointed director of the Casa de San Luis, the "cultural embassy" of San Luis Province in Buenos Aires. From 2018 to 2019, Rodríguez-Saá was director of legal affairs at the municipality of José C. Paz Partido, in the administration of intendente Mario Alberto Ishii.[5]
Rodríguez-Saá ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election, as the 16th candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list.[6] The list received 36.28% of the votes, not enough for Rodríguez Saá to be elected. On 19 December 2019, he took office in place of Laura Alonso, who resigned to become Secretary of Social Inclusivity.[7] He formed part of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.[8]
As deputy, Rodríguez-Saá formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Political Trials, National Defense, Justice, Criminal Legislation, Foreign Affairs, and Internal Security.[9] He was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which passed the Chamber.[10][11]
Ahead of the 2021 primary election, Rodríguez-Saá was confirmed as one of the alternate candidates in the Frente de Todos list in Buenos Aires Province.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Nicolás Rodríguez Saá". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 August 2021.
- ^ El Ali, Julio (23 February 2020). "Nicolás Rodríguez Saá: "El desafío de los jóvenes es dejar los egos y construir un país a 20 años"". Télam (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "La curiosa historia de los diputados que juraron hoy y son pareja". Filo.news (in Spanish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "La historia de amor de dos diputados que trabajan juntos en el Congreso y fueron papás". Perfil (in Spanish). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Nicolás Rodríguez Saa: "Mi sueño es replicar en el Conurbano el modelo San Luis"". Tiempo Argentino (in Spanish). 9 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "La sorpresiva lista de diputados nacionales de Unidad Ciudadana: quiénes son los candidatos de Cristina". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "El diputado y primo del gobernador Rodríguez Saá se tatuó la firma de Maradona". El Chorrillero (in Spanish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Juraron los nuevos diputados". Página/12 (in Spanish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Nicolás Rodríguez Saá | Comisiones". HCDN (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ ""Senadores, escúchennos por favor": jóvenes referentes de partidos políticos piden legalizar el aborto". La Nación (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Aborto legal: uno por uno, así fue el voto de cada diputado". La Voz (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Cómo quedaron las listas del Frente de Todos". El País Digital (in Spanish). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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