Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo (born 1 May 1959) is an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union. She has served as a National Senator for Jujuy Province since 2015 and as a member of the Council of Magistracy of the Nation since 2019. Giacoppo previously served as intendenta (mayor) of Monterrico, Jujuy.
Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo | |
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| Councillor of Magistracy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Senate |
| National Senator | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | Jujuy |
| Mayor of Monterrico | |
| In office 10 December 1987 – 10 December 1991 | |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Manente |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1959 San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Other political affiliations | Juntos por el Cambio (since 2015) |
| Alma mater | Universidad del Norte de Santo Tomás de Aquino |
Early life
editGiacoppo was born on 1 May 1959 in San Salvador de Jujuy to a family of Sammarinese descent.[1][2] She studied law at the Universidad del Norte de Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Tucumán, graduating in 1984. She has a post-graduate degree.
She practiced law in her hometown and in the town of Monterrico, where she has also worked as a high school teacher and as a tobacco producer.[1][3]
Political career
editA longtime member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Giacoppo served as member of the party's national congress in numerous occasions. In 1987, she was elected as intendenta (mayor) of Monterrico, becoming the first person to be elected to the post.[1][3]
At the 2011 legislative election, she was the second candidate to the National Senate on the UDESO (UCR) list, behind Gerardo Morales. With 29.14% of the vote, the UDESO list came second, trailing behind the Front for Victory list, and only Morales was elected as the minority seat. Morales resigned in 2015 to assume office as governor of Jujuy, and Giacoppo was called to fill in the remainder of Morales' six-year term.[4]
Giacoppo ran for re-election as the second candidate in the Cambiemos list in the 2017 legislative election, behind Mario Fiad.[5] In 2018, she voted in favour of President Mauricio Macri's pension reform and against the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill, which would have legalised abortion in Argentina.[6][7]
In 2019, she was appointed as one of the Senate's representatives in the Council of Magistracy of the Nation. Since 2020, she presides the parliamentary commission on tourism, and serves as vice-president of the general legislation commission. She is also a member of the commissions on constitutional affairs, justice, regional economies, labour and social prevision, women's affairs, and agriculture, livestock and fishing.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Reconocimiento a la Senadora Giacopo". Pregon (in Spanish). 6 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ a b "UDESO presentará hoy sus candidatos a senadores, Gerardo Morales y Silvia Giacoppo". Jujuy al Día (in Spanish). 15 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Juró Silvia Giacoppo como senadora nacional por Jujuy". Cambia Jujuy (in Spanish). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Alfaro, Victoria (22 October 2017). "Hoy se elegirán a tres nuevos senadores por la provincia". El Tribuno (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Senador por senador: así se votó la brutal contrarreforma previsional". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Rechazo al aborto legal: cómo votó cada senador". Clarín (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2022.