Leonardo Grosso (born 1 April 1983) is an Argentine politician. Grosso is a member and one of the most prominent faces of the Evita Movement, a peronist political and social organization. He was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Buenos Aires Province for 12 years, from 2011 to 2023.
Leonardo Grosso | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 4 December 2011 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1983 San Martín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Evita Movement (2005–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2011–2017) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Spouse |
Guillermo Castro (m. 2019) |
Early life and education
editGrosso was born on 1 April 1983 in San Martín, a city in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation.[1] He started his political activism in the JP Evita, the Evita Movement's youth wing, in 2005. He is currently studying political science at the National University of General San Martín (UNSAM).[2]
Political career
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Grosso was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2011 in the Front for Victory list in Buenos Aires Province, in which he was the 20th candidate.[3] He was elected and sat in the Front for Victory bloc, aligned with the government of then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.[4] He was re-elected in 2015, this time placing 13th in the FPV list.[5]
Ahead of the 2017 legislative election, Grosso and the rest of the Evita Movement broke ranks with the FPV and instead backed the unsuccessful senatorial candidacy of former Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo; in the Chamber of Deputies, the Evita Movement formed the Peronism for Victory bloc, which later formed part of the Red por Argentina parliamentary group alongside, among others, deputies Felipe Solá and Victoria Donda.[6][7]
Ahead of the 2019 general election, the Evita Movement joined the Frente de Todos (FDT) to back the presidential candidacy of Alberto Fernández; Grosso was 3rd in the FDT deputies list in Buenos Aires Province and was easily re-elected.[8]
In 2023, he announced his intention to run for the mayorship of General San Martín Partido.[9]
Personal life
editIn 2019 Grosso married his long-term partner, Guillermo Castro, becoming one of the few members of the Argentine National Congress to marry a same-sex partner under the 2010 same-sex marriage law, after Analuz Carol and Osvaldo López.[10][11] Grosso has stated that he identifies as marica.[12]
Grosso is a vocal supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, and voted in favor of the 2018 Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Bill during its treatment by the Chamber of Deputies.[13]
Electoral history
editLegislative
edit| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2011 | National Deputy | Front for Victory | 20 | Buenos Aires Province | 4,592,054 | 57.10% | 1st[a] | Elected | [14] | |
| 2015 | Front for Victory | 13 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,354,619 | 37.28% | 1st[a] | Elected | [15] | ||
| 2019 | Frente de Todos | 3 | Buenos Aires Province | 5,113,359 | 52.64% | 1st[a] | Elected | [16] | ||
| 2021 | Councillor | Frente de Todos | 2 | General San Martín Partido | 96,394 | 39.47% | 1st | Elected[b] | [18] | |
References
edit- ^ Pepe, Gabriela (25 March 2018). ""El debate adentro del Congreso retrasa el proceso de unidad del peronismo"". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Grosso para la renovación". El Canciller (in Spanish). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "El Frente Para la Victoria presentó ante la Justicia la lista de candidatos para el Congreso". Ámbito (in Spanish). 30 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Miranda, Rodrigo F. (13 June 2013). ""Para instalar el modelo neoliberal es necesario que el pueblo presente el menor grado de organización y resistencia"". Albasud (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "El FpV presentó la lista de diputados nacionales de la provincia, encabezada por Wado de Pedro". Télam (in Spanish). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Cristina y el Movimiento Evita fumaron la pipa de la paz". Nuevos Papeles (in Spanish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Máximo Kirchner se mostró con el Movimiento Evita para curar las heridas de 2017". Infocielo (in Spanish). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Provincia: cómo quedaron confeccionadas las listas a diputados". Ámbito (in Spanish). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Unión por la Patria también tendrá PASO en San Martín: Fernando Moreira vs. Leonardo Grosso". Ámbito Financiero (in Spanish). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Se casó el diputado Leonardo Grosso: "Que reine en el pueblo la igualdad"". Infobae (in Spanish). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Se casaron dos legisladoras del Frente para la Victoria". Infobae (in Spanish). 23 July 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "El diputado Leonardo Grosso reveló que es gay: "Soy marica y así elijo nombrarme"". La Nación (in Spanish). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Cómo votó cada diputado y diputada el proyecto de ley de legalización del aborto". CDM Noticias (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Elecciones 2011". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Elecciones 2015". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Elecciones 2019". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Ceriani y Mércuri reemplazan a Grosso y Cappelloni en el Concejo Deliberante de San Martí". La Noticia Web (in Spanish). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Escrutinio Definitivo" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
External links
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- Official website (in Spanish)
- Leonardo Grosso on Twitter