Luana Volnovich

Luana Volnovich
National Deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2023
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
In office
10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Executive Director of PAMI
In office
12 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded bySergio Cassinotti
Succeeded byEsteban Leguizamo
Personal details
Born (1979-09-26) 26 September 1979 (age 45)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2003–2017)
Citizen's Unity (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (since 2023)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires

Luana Volnovich (born 26 September 1979) is an Argentine political scientist and Justicialist Party politician. She currently serves as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province, a position she previously held from 2015 to 2019.

From 2019 to 2023, during the government of Alberto Fernández, Volnovich served as the executive director of the Comprehensive Medical Attention Program (PAMI), Argentina's biggest public health insurance agency.

Early life and education

Luana Volnovich was born on 26 September 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Argentine parents exiled during the last civic–military dictatorship in Argentina (1976–1983).[1] The family returned to Argentina in 1989.[2] Volnovich studied and earned a licenciatura on political science at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).[2][3] She also has a post-graduate degree in Public Policy Administration and Control from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO).[4]

During her studies at the UBA, she co-founded the Centro de Estudios Políticos (CEP; "Centre for Political Studies") alongside the economist Iván Heyn.[5]

Political career

Volnovich was one of the founding members of La Cámpora, one of the youth wings of the Front for Victory.[2][4] In 2014, during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Volnovich was appointed as National Director for the enlargement and strengthening of educational rights at the Ministry of Education.[6] Her administration saw the implementation of the Progresar and FinEs educational social assistance schemes.[7][8]

At the 2015 legislative elections, Volnovich was the 12th candidate in the Front for Victory list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires Province.[9] The list received 37.38% of the vote, and Volnovich was elected.[10] She was sworn in on 10 December 2015.[11] As deputy, Volnovich voted against the Mauricio Macri administration's pension reform in 2017, and introduced a bill to overturn it after it had passed the Chamber.[12] She also voted in favor of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which would have legalized abortion in Argentina, but was struck down by the Senate on 8 August 2018.[13][14]

She was re-elected at the 2019 legislative election, this time as the second candidate in the Frente de Todos list, under Sergio Massa.[15][16] She was easily re-elected, but was never sworn in as she was appointed as executive director of PAMI on 12 December 2019 by incoming president Alberto Fernández.[17] Her seat in the Chamber of Deputies was replaced by Jimena López.[18]

Personal life

Volnovich was in a relationship with the economist Iván Heyn until his death in 2011.[19][20] She has a son.[21]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Luana Volnovich
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2015 National Deputy Front for Victory 11 Buenos Aires Province 3,354,619 37.28% 1st[a] Elected [22]
2019 Frente de Todos 2 Buenos Aires Province 5,113,359 52.64% 1st[a] Elected[b] [23]
2023 Union for the Homeland 6 Buenos Aires Province 4,094,665 43.71% 1st[a] Elected [24]
  1. ^ a b c Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
  2. ^ Never took office. Her seat was assumed by María Jimena López on 19 December 2019.

References

  1. ^ "Quién es quién: los otros funcionarios del nuevo equipo económico de Alberto Fernández". Infobae (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Del runfla de La Cámpora a conducir PAMI". La Tecla Info (in Spanish). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Boletín Oficial: formalizan las designaciones de Mercedes Marcó del Pont en la AFIP y de Luana Volnovich en el PAMI". Clarín (in Spanish). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Pepe, Gabriela (4 August 2019). ""La Cámpora no va a ser condicionante del gobierno de Alberto Fernández"". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Quiénes son "Las Fernández", el selecto contrapeso de cristinistas "sub 40" dentro del Frente de Todos". A24 (in Spanish). 21 February 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Decreto 2540/2015". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Lanzan el programa nacional de capacitación para tutores del Plan Fines". Télam (in Spanish). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Fines y Progresar: más de dos mil jóvenes celebraron el cierre del ciclo 2014". Télam (in Spanish). 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ "El FpV presentó la lista de diputados nacionales de la provincia, encabezada por Wado de Pedro". Télam (in Spanish). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  10. ^ "DN Definitivo" (PDF). elecciones.gob.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Esta es la nueva Cámara de Diputados". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Presentan iniciativa en Diputados para derogar la Reforma Previsional". Conclusión (in Spanish). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Luana Volnovich: "Este Gobierno se dice feminista pero profundiza la doble opresión"". lanoticia1 (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  14. ^ Rivas Molina, Federico; Centenera, Mar (9 August 2018). "Así hemos contado el 'no' del Senado al aborto legal en Argentina". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Provincia: cómo quedaron confeccionadas las listas a diputados". Ámbito (in Spanish). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Candidatos 2019: Todas las listas para las elecciones de octubre". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Mercedes Marcó del Pont a la AFIP y Luana Volnovich al PAMI". Ámbito (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  18. ^ "¿Quiénes son los diputados que irán del Congreso al Ejecutivo?". La Prensa (in Spanish). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  19. ^ "La Justicia uruguaya puso a disposición de la familia el cuerpo de Iván Heyn". Infobae (in Spanish). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Familiares, amigos y funcionarios despidieron a Iván Heyn". El Cronista (in Spanish). 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Luana Volnovich le respondió a Martha Pelloni por sus dichos sobre La Cámpora: "Usó su legitimidad para algo sucio"". Infobae (in Spanish). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Elecciones 2015". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Elecciones 2019". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
  24. ^ "Elecciones 2023". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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