Néstor Antonio Pitrola is an Argentine trade unionist and leading member of the Workers' Party

Workers' Party (Argentina)

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  of Argentina

Argentina

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.

Pitrola was his party's candidate for President of Argentina

President of Argentina

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 in October 2007. He and his running mate Gabriela Arroyo

Gabriela Arroyo

Gabriela Arroyo is a member of the Workers' Party of Argentina .She was its candidate for vice-president of Argentina in the Argentine general election, 2007.-External links:* announcing her candidacy...

 gained 113,004 votes, amounting to 0.62% of the vote in ninth place.

He was the no. 1 candidate of the Workers' Left Front for national deputy in Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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on 23 October 2011.

He is married with two children.