Vanesa Siley
Councillor of Magistracy
Assumed office
27 December 2019
Appointed byChamber of Deputies
National Deputy
Assumed office
6 December 2017
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Personal details
Born (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 39)
Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–present)

Vanesa Raquel Siley (born 19 August 1984) is an Argentine lawyer, trade unionist and politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing Buenos Aires Province. A member of the Justicialist Party, Siley was elected in 2017 for the Unidad Ciudadana coalition, and currently sits in the Frente de Todos bloc.

Early life and career

Siley was born on 19 August 1984 in Mercedes, in Buenos Aires Province. She is a lawyer.[1] She is a member of La Cámpora. Her political career began in the judicial workers' trade union Unión de Empleados Judiciales de la Nación (UJEN); in 2014, she contested the leadership of UJEN leader Julio Piumato, and won in the Buenos Aires section. Following her victory in the Capital, Siley formed the Sindicato de Trabajadores Judiciales (Sitraju), a Buenos Aires–based union.[2]

Political career

Siley ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election; she was the fourth candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list in Buenos Aires Province.[3] The Unidad Ciudadana list received 36.28% of the votes, and Siley was elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017.[4]

As a national deputy, Siley formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Labour Legislation (which she presides), political trials, justice, general legislation, criminal legislation, and freedom of expression, as well as the permanent bicameral commission on the National Public Ministry.[5] She was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.[6]

On 27 December 2019, she was sworn in as one of the Chamber of Deputies' representatives in the Council of Magistracy of the Nation.[7] In 2020, she introduced a petition of political trial against Supreme Court of Argentina president Carlos Rosenkrantz.[8]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Vanesa Siley
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2017 National Deputy Unidad Ciudadana 4 Buenos Aires Province 3,383,114 36.28% 2nd[a] Elected [9]
2021 Frente de Todos 7 Buenos Aires Province 3,444,446 38.59% 2nd[a] Elected [10]
  1. ^ a b Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ "Vanesa Siley". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ Ballinoti, Nicolás (6 October 2020). "Vanesa Siley, la camporista que tensó la relación con la Corte Suprema" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Elecciones 2017: famosos, periodistas y otras sorpresas del cierre de listas". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Minuto a minuto: juraron 126 diputados nacionales elegidos en octubre" (in Spanish). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Vanesa Siley | Comisiones". HCDN (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Legalización del aborto: cómo votó cada diputado y cada bloque". Perfil (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Juraron dos nuevos integrantes del Consejo de la Magistratura". Télam (in Spanish). 27 December 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ^ "La diputada Vanesa Siley pidió el juicio político de Carlos Rosenkrantz". Página/12 (in Spanish). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Elecciones 2017". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Elecciones 2021". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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