Mónica López is a leading Argentine politician, currently serving a term (ending in 2013) as a provincial deputy in Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

. In October 2011, she was the candidate for the provincial vice-governorship on Francisco de Narváez

Francisco de Narváez

Francisco de Narváez , known as El Colorado or Pancho, is a Colombian-born naturalized Argentine businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the PRO ballot in the 2007 elections in Argentina...

's ticket as part of the Union for Social Development party (Unión para el Desarrollo Social). The elections resulted in the victory of incumbent governor Daniel Scioli

Daniel Scioli

Daniel Osvaldo Scioli was Vice President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and is the current Governor of Buenos Aires Province and the president of the Justicialist Party. He is a sportsman, an entrepreneur and a politician.- Family :...

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López is recognized primarily in the political sphere of Buenos Aires Province. She is a leader of Peronist

Peronism

Peronism , or Justicialism , is an Argentine political movement based on the programmes associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Eva Perón...

extraction, and in addition to her post as provincial deputy, she heads a group of politically-involved women called "United for the Province" (Unidas por la Provincia), which seeks to integrate active women politicians and representatives of social organizations.