Elena Corregido
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Elena Mercedes Corregido (b. 4 December 1956, Buenos Aires
) is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate
for Chaco Province
in the majority Front for Victory
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Corregido was educated at the República de Honduras National School and graduated as a chemistry teacher at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. She became a teaching assistant and teacher.
In 1995, Corregido joined the municipal government of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
, Chaco, heading the Women's Unit, there until 1996. In July 1999 she led the Chaco section of the pensions team of the national Social Development Ministry, for which she was later a consultant.
Corregido served on the national council of the Justicialist Party 2001-03 and in 2005 was a candidate for provincial deputy, although she resigned before the election to work with other sectors making up the Front for Victory. She was elected to the Senate in 2007 on the list of Frente Chaco Merece Más.
Buenos Aires
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) is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...
for Chaco Province
Chaco Province
Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
in the majority Front for Victory
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
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Corregido was educated at the República de Honduras National School and graduated as a chemistry teacher at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. She became a teaching assistant and teacher.
In 1995, Corregido joined the municipal government of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is a city in the . It is the second largest in the province. It is located west-northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Argentina to Salta...
, Chaco, heading the Women's Unit, there until 1996. In July 1999 she led the Chaco section of the pensions team of the national Social Development Ministry, for which she was later a consultant.
Corregido served on the national council of the Justicialist Party 2001-03 and in 2005 was a candidate for provincial deputy, although she resigned before the election to work with other sectors making up the Front for Victory. She was elected to the Senate in 2007 on the list of Frente Chaco Merece Más.