This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ledesma, the second or maternal family name is Abdala, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Zamora.
Ledesma entered public service in 2003 when she was elected Citizen Ombudsman for La Banda on the UCR ticket, and in 2005 she was appointed local infractions judge. Ledesma and her first husband, Jorge Amerio, were divorced,[4] and in 2005 she met her future husband, Governor Gerardo Zamora.[1] She was later appointed by her husband as Director of the Provincial Motor Vehicle Registry.[2] The couple had two sons and a daughter.[5]
Governor of Santiago del Estero
Governor Zamora nominated his wife for the governor's race held in 2013, while he himself ran for Senator. Both won their respective races on the Civic Front for Santiago ticket, and Ledesma was elected governor with nearly 65% of the vote.[6]
Zamora had presided over an ambitious public works agenda in historically underdeveloped Santiago del Estero, 90% of whose US$1.8 billion budget was financed by the federal government in 2013.[4] Ledesma continued this policy and initiated or inaugurated numerous significant projects as governor. These included among others a new building for the Provincial Legislature;[7] the Juan Felipe Ibarra provincial office building (the first LEED certified government building in Argentina);[8] increases in the educational budget for 1,100 new teachers and 10,000 new desks;[9] and improvements in sewer systems and other public services.[10][11]
^"Escrutinio Definitivo"(PDF). tribunalelectoralse.gov.ar (in Spanish). Tribunal Electoral de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^"Elecciones 2017". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.