Victoria Tolosa Paz
National Deputy
Assumed office
10 December 2023
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
In office
10 December 2021 – 12 October 2022
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Minister of Social Development
In office
13 October 2022 – 10 December 2023
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byJuan Zabaleta
Succeeded bySandra Pettovello (as Minister of Human Capital)
Personal details
Born (1973-06-24) 24 June 1973 (age 50)
La Plata, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–present)
Alma materUniversidad Católica de La Plata

Victoria Tolosa Paz (born 24 June 1973) is an Argentine politician and public accountant. From 2022 to 2023, she served as Minister of Social Development in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández. Since 2023, she has been a s a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province, a position she previously held from 2021 to 2022.

She was also president of the National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies from 2020 to 2021, and member of the City Council of La Plata from 2017 to 2021.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Tolosa Paz was born on 24 June 1973 in La Plata, into a middle-class family politically aligned with the Radical Civic Union.[4] Her mother, Laura Figliozzi, was an employee at the Electoral Secretariat of La Plata's Federal Tribunal N. 1, while her father, Juan Honorio Tolosa Paz, is a researcher and astrologer.[5] Tolosa Paz studied public accounting at the Universidad Católica de La Plata.[6]

Political career

In 2002, during the government of Eduardo Duhalde, she became an advisor to the Coordination area of the Minister Unit of the Ministry of Social Development.[7]

In 2003, she was the Regional Head of the Participatory Social Investment Fund (FOPAR), a World Bank programme.[7]

In the 2017 elections, Tolosa Paz was elected to the La Plata Partido City Council as the first candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list; she has served in the position ad honorem,[8][9] She forms part of the Frente de Todos bloc.[10][11] She sought the Frente de Todos candidacy to the mayoralty of La Plata in the 2019 elections, but lost in the P.A.S.O. primaries against Florencia Saintout.[12]

On 10 December 2019, she was appointed by President Alberto Fernández as Executive Secretary of the National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies.[13] Later, on 17 July 2020, she was appointed president of the council.[14][15] She resigned from her position and from her seat in the La Plata City Council on 25 August 2021, ahead of the 2021 legislative election, in preparation for her candidacy to the Chamber of Deputies in the Frente de Todos party list in Buenos Aires Province.[16][17]

On 10 October 2022, it was announced Juan Zabaleta would resign from his position as Minister of Social Development. President Alberto Fernández then designated Tolosa Paz to the post, and she assumed office on 13 October 2022. It was one of three cabinet appointments made that day, alongside Ayelén Mazzina (to the Ministry of Women) and Kelly Olmos (to the Ministry of Labour).[18] Her seat in the Chamber of Deputies was then assumed by Micaela Morán.[19]

Personal life

Tolosa Paz has been married twice, and has three children from her first marriage.[20] Since 2012, she has been married to media businessman and former Media Secretary Enrique "Pepe" Albistur.[5][21]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Victoria Tolosa Paz
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2017 Councillor Unidad Ciudadana 1 La Plata Partido 115,801 27.23% 2nd[a] Elected [22]
2021 National Deputy Frente de Todos 1 Buenos Aires Province 3,444,446 38.59% 2nd[a] Elected [23]
2023 Union for the Homeland 2 Buenos Aires Province 4,094,665 43.71% 1st[a] Elected [24]
  1. ^ a b c Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ "BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - CONSEJO NACIONAL DE COORDINACIÓN DE POLÍTICAS SOCIALES - Decreto 667/2020". www.boletinoficial.gob.ar. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Victoria Tolosa Paz a la oposición: "Lo único que proponen es el cambio de nombre y domicilio". Ámbito Financiero. 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ Página12 (4 May 2021). "La interna del Gobierno tras el supuesto despido de Federico Basualdo | Victoria Tolosa Paz en Fuego Amigo". PAGINA12. Retrieved 23 July 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Quién es Victoria Tolosa Paz, la apuesta de Alberto Fernández en provincia de Buenos Aires". Perfil (in Spanish). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Dinatale, Martín (23 July 2021). "Victoria Tolosa Paz, la "cheta de La Plata" que sueña con ser presidenta". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Quién es Victoria Tolosa Paz, la candidata del Frente de Todos en la Provincia de Buenos Aires". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Quién es Victoria Tolosa Paz, una de las posibles apuestas del Frente de Todos en Provincia" [Who is Victoria Tolosa Paz, one of the possible bets of the Frente de Todos in the Province?]. Ámbito (in Spanish). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ Página12 (7 December 2019). "Tolosa Paz: "Hay que repensar la matriz productiva de alimentos" | El Consejo Federal de Políticas Sociales impulsará el programa Argentina contra el Hambre". PAGINA12. Retrieved 23 July 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Página12 (7 February 2020). "Tolosa Paz: "Hay que cambiar la matriz productiva para ir a la soberanía alimentaria" | La lucha contra el hambre en Salta". PAGINA12. Retrieved 23 July 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Tensión en el Frente de Todos: Alberto Fernández quiere imponer a Victoria Tolosa Paz en la Provincia para mandarle un mensaje interno a Cristina Kirchner". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. ^ Contexto, Diario (27 March 2019). "Crearon en La Plata la Comisión de Equidad y Género del Concejo Deliberante". Diario Contexto (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  12. ^ Piscetta, Juan (29 August 2019). "La Plata: la interna más peleada del Frente de Todos se definió por 1569 votos". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Se oficializó a Victoria Tolosa Paz como Secretaria Ejecutiva del Consejo Nacional de Coordinación de Políticas Sociales". palabrasdelderecho.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  14. ^ "BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - CONSEJO NACIONAL DE COORDINACIÓN DE POLÍTICAS SOCIALES - Decreto 667/2020". www.boletinoficial.gob.ar. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  15. ^ Quiroga, Nadia (10 July 2021). "Victoria Tolosa Paz, la elegida como candidata bonaerense del Frente de Todos". Informe Político (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  16. ^ Fuego Simonet, Javier (24 July 2021). "Victoria Tolosa Paz, la candidata de consenso que impulsó el Presidente". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Se oficializó la renuncia de Victoria Tolosa Paz a su cargo en el Gobierno: quién será su reemplazante". Infobae (in Spanish). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  18. ^ Kavanagh, Juan Pablo (13 October 2022). "El sindicalismo le da crédito a Kelly Olmos y se mostró unido en la asunción". Perfil (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Micaela Morán, la reemplazante de Victoria Tolosa Paz en Diputados: "Fue sorpresivo pero grato"". Página 12 (in Spanish). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Tolosa Paz habló de sus 16 nietos en un nuevo spot de campaña". El Cronista (in Spanish). 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  21. ^ Tarricone, Manuel; Giménez, José (5 August 2021). "Chequeo a posteos virales que circulan sobre Victoria Tolosa Paz". Chequeado (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Escrutinio Definitivo" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Elecciones 2021". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  24. ^ "Elecciones 2023". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

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