Lucas Godoy
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
ConstituencySalta
Provincial Deputy of Salta
In office
10 December 2011 – 10 December 2019
ConstituencyCapital Department
Personal details
Born (1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 41)
Salta, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Alma materNational University of Tucumán

Lucas Javier Godoy (born 25 March 1982) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. A member of the Justicialist Party, Godoy was a National Deputy elected in Salta Province from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the Salta Province Chamber of Deputies from 2011 to 2019.

Early life and education

Godoy was born on 25 March 1982 in Salta.[1] His father is Manuel Santiago Godoy, a Justicialist Party politician who was president of the Salta Province Chamber of Deputies.[2] He has three siblings, is married, and has two children.[1]

Godoy studied law at the National University of Tucumán, graduating in 2006, and counts with a degree on parliamentary law and legislation from Universidad San Pablo-T.[3]

Political career

In the 2011 provincial elections, Godoy was the second candidate in the Justicialist Party list to the Provincial Chamber of Deputies, behind Guido Giacosa. The list came second in the general election, and Godoy was elected.[4] He was re-elected in 2015, winning the P.A.S.O. primaries with 22,237 votes, and coming third in the general electio behind the Romero+Olmedo Front and Republican Proposal.[4] As provincial deputy, Godoy presided the Human Rights parliamentary commission, and during his two terms, he was the legislator who introduced the most bills to the Chamber.[5][6]

Ahead of the 2019 general election, Godoy and Noelia Bonetto competed in the Frente de Todos primaries to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies against the list of Jorge Guaymás and Verónica Caliva. Godoy's list won the primaries, and in the end, the Frente de Todos list was composed of Godoy and Caliva.[7] The list received 46.08% of the popular vote and both Godoy and Caliva were elected.[8] He was sworn in on 4 December 2019.[9]

As a national deputy, Godoy formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Commerce, Consumer Rights, Modernization of Parliamentary Procedure, Industry, Justice, General Legislation, Public Works, and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.[10] Despite his personal opposition to the practice, Godoy was a supporter of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill that passed the Argentine Congress.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lucas Javier Godoy". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Hijo de Indio | Lucas Godoy se llevó la mayoría de los votos". Cuarto (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Dr. Lucas Godoy". Portal de Salta (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO (ELECCIONES ANTERIORES)". Tribuanl Electoral de Salta (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Balance Legislativo diputado Lucas Javier Godoy". La Hora de Salta (in Spanish). 19 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "¿A quien prefieres? Lucas Godoy o Jorge Guaymás, la interna Kirchnerista en Salta. Entrá a conocerlos". Expresión del Sur (in Spanish). 6 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Lucas Godoy le ganó la interna a Guaymás y la segunda será Verónica Caliva". Aries (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ "El nuevo Congreso". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Por ocho personas y cuatro causas | Así juró Verónica Caliva en el Congreso". Cuarto (in Spanish). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Lucas Godoy | Comisiones". HCDN (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Lucas Godoy: «Una mujer que interrumpe un embarazo no es una criminal»". Cuarto (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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