Romina Maricel Uhrig (born 27 January 1988) is an Argentine former politician who served as a National Deputy of the Argentine Congress from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Justicialist Party, she was elected in Buenos Aires Province as part of the Unidad Ciudadana coalition.
Romina Uhrig | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 January 1988 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2021) |
In 2022, she became a contestant of the reality TV series Gran Hermano.
Early life and career
editUhrig was born on 27 January 1988 in San Martín, Buenos Aires.[1] She studied to be a physical education teacher, later entering politics in the municipality of Moreno, Buenos Aires. She would serve as undersecretary of institutional affairs, and later as secretary of productive development, during the administration of Mayor Walter Festa, whom she would eventually marry.[2]
Festa and Uhrig had three daughters. They have since separated.[3]
She is questioned because she attended to parties at the presidential residence in Olivos, during the covid quarantines while the people was ordered not to go out.[4][5]
The judiciary investigates her, after having been charged with her ex-husband for corruption and illicit enrichment.[6]
Congresswoman
editIn the 2017 legislative election, Uhrig ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as the 15th candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list in Buenos Aires Province. The list came second with 36.28% of the vote, not nearly enough for Uhrig to make it past the D'Hondt cut.[1]
Following the 2019 general election, deputy Fernando Espinoza resigned from his seat in order to take office as mayor of La Matanza. Uhrig was called in to fill in Espinoza's vacancy for the remainder of his 2017–2021 term. She took office as deputy on 10 December 2019.[7]
She formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Natural Resources and Human Environment Conservation, Population and Human Development, Women and Diversity, Elderly People, and Tax Rules and Prevision Analysis.[1] During her time in Congress, she was known for her vocal support for the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, although she abstained from voting when the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill was debated by the Chamber of Deputies. She also supported the travesti-trans labour quota initiative.[8]
Her term as deputy expired on 10 December 2021. She did not run for re-election.
Gran Hermano and realities
editIn October 2022, she was confirmed as one of the contestants in the 10th season of Gran Hermano, the Argentine version of the Big Brother reality format.[9]
| Time | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 | Gran Hermano (Argentine season 10) | Houseguest | 20th evicted |
| 2023 | MasterChef Argentina | Silvana's assistant | Special guest (season 3); 1 episode |
| 2023 | Bailando 2023 | Contestant | 13th eliminated |
| 2024 | Gran Hermano (Argentine season 11) | Special HouseGuest |
Electoral history
edit| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2017 | National Deputy | Unidad Ciudadana | 15 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,383,114 | 36.28% | 2nd[a] | Not elected[b] | [10] | |
- ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
- ^ Assumed office on 10 December 2019 following the resignation of Fernando Espinoza.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Romina Uhrig". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Romina Maricel Uhrig". LaNoticia1 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Gran Hermano 2022: Así entró a la casa Romina Uhrig, la participante que fue diputada por el Frente de Todos". Clarín (in Spanish). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Revelan que Romina de Gran Hermano fue una de las invitadas a la polémica reunión en Olivos en plena cuarentena". Revista Caras. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Romina Uhrig de Gran Hermano participó de una fiesta en la Quinta de Olivos en plena cuarentena". Periódico El Día. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Denuncia de corrupción: uno a uno, los bienes que no pudieron justificar Walter Festa y Romina Uhrig". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "¿Quiénes son los diputados que irán del Congreso al Ejecutivo?". La Prensa (in Spanish). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Gran Hermano 2022: la contradicción que no le perdonan a Romina Uhrig, la ex diputada del FdT". El Cronista (in Spanish). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Quién es Romina Uhrig, la ex diputada kirchnerista que entró a la casa de Gran Hermano". Infobae (in Spanish). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Elecciones 2017". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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