Germán Martínez (Argentine politician)
Germán Martínez | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Santa Fe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1975 Rosario, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2003–2017) Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Union for the Homeland (2023–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of Rosario |
Germán Pedro Martínez (born 22 February 1975) is an Argentine politician who has been a National Deputy elected for in Santa Fe since 2019. A member of the Justicialist Party, Martínez worked as a legislative aide for Agustín Rossi and Guillermo Carmona from 2005 to his own election to the Chamber of Deputies.
From 2022 to 2023, he was president of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc. Since 2023, he has presided the Union for the Homeland bloc.
Early life[edit]
Martínez was born on 22 February 1975 in Rosario. He counts with a licenciatura degree on Political Science from the National University of Rosario, which he earned in 1999. Early in his career, from 1994 to 2003, he was an auxiliary teacher at Colegio Salesiano San José, a private Catholic school in Rosario, and later worked as a project manager at the Institución Salesiana Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Funes.[1]
Political career[edit]
Early in his career, Martínez was active in a Christian youth organisation.[2] In 2005, he became a legislative aide at the National Chamber of Deputies for Santa Fe deputy Agustín Rossi, of the Front for Victory. Martínez would form a longstanding association with Rossi, serving in his office until Rossi's hiatus from Congress in 2013.[3] From 2015 to 2017, Martínez worked as an aide for Mendoza deputy Guillermo Carmona. He would later return to Rossi's office when the latter was once again elected to the lower house in 2017.[1]
Martínez also briefly served as undersecretary of administrative coordination at the Ministry of Defense during Rossi's time as defense minister, in the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.[1]
National Deputy[edit]
In the 2019 legislative election, Martínez ran for one of Santa Fe's seats in the Chamber of Deputies in his own right, as the fourth candidate in the Frente de Todos list.[4] The Frente de Todos came second in the general election, with 42.26% of the vote, enough for Martínez to make it past the D'Hondt cut and be elected.[5]
As a national deputy, Martínez formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Industry, National Defense, Freedom of Expression, Petitions and Powers, Budgets and Finances, Addiction Prevention, Education, and Tax Norm Auditing. He also served as first vice president of the National Defense Commission.[1] He was a supporter of the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill.[6]
In February 2022, he was elected president of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc following the resignation of Máximo Kirchner from the position due to disagreements regarding the 2022 deal between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund.[2][7][8]
Personal life[edit]
Martínez is married to Carla María Morasso and has two children.[1]
Electoral history[edit]
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2019 | National Deputy | Frente de Todos | 3 | Santa Fe Province | 890,561 | 42.26% | 2nd[a] | Elected | [9] | |
| 2023 | Union for the Homeland | 1 | Santa Fe Province | 584,589 | 29.10% | 2nd[a] | Elected | [10] | ||
- ^ a b Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Germán Pedro Martínez". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2022.
- ^ a b Fornero, Pablo (1 February 2022). "Un clon de Rossi, el sacaleyes emérito del peronismo". Letra P (in Spanish).
- ^ Mardones, Claudio (1 February 2022). "Martínez presidente: un discípulo de Rossi se quedó con el sillón de Kirchner". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Se oficializaron 27 listas de Diputados Nacionales por 6 Alianzas y 6 Partidos". El Protagonista Web (in Spanish). 7 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Resultados de las Elecciones 2019 en Santa Fe". Clarín (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Así votaron los diputados santafesinos al proyecto de despenalizar del aborto". El Litoral (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Sued, Gabriel; Caminos, Mauricio (1 February 2022). "El santafesino Germán Martínez reemplazará a Máximo Kirchner en el bloque de diputados del oficialismo". elDiario.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Dapelo, Santiago (1 February 2022). "Germán Martínez, el reemplazante de Máximo, dijo que trabajará para lograr la aprobación del acuerdo con el FMI". La Nación (in Spanish).
- ^ "Elecciones 2019". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Elecciones 2023". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 14 December 2023.