Graciela Camaño Explained

Graciela Camaño
Office1:National Deputy
Term Start1:10 December 2003
Term End1:10 December 2023
Constituency1:Buenos Aires Province
Term Start2:10 December 1997
Term End2:3 May 2002
Constituency2:Buenos Aires Province
Term Start3:10 December 1989
Term End3:10 December 1993
Constituency3:Buenos Aires Province
Office4:Councillor of Magistracy
Term Start4:21 November 2018
Appointer4:Chamber of Deputies
Office5:Minister of Labour
Term Start5:3 May 2002
Term End5:25 May 2003
President5:Eduardo Duhalde
Predecessor6:Alfredo Atanasof
Successor6:Carlos Tomada
Birth Date:25 April 1953
Birth Place:Sáenz Peña, Argentina
Party:Third Position Party (since 2015)
Justicialist Party (1983–2015)
Otherparty:Front for Victory (2003-2009)
Plural Consensus (2007–2009)
Renewal Front (2013–2019)
Federal Consensus (2019–2023)
Children:2
Alma Mater:University of Morón

Graciela Camaño (born 25 April 1953) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as a National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province for 28 years, from 1989 to 1993, later 1997 to 2002, and most recently from 2003 to 2023. Camaño also served as Minister of Labour during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde between May 2002 and May 2003.[1]

A longtime member of the Justicialist Party, in 2015 she founded the Third Position Party with her husband and political ally, Luis Barrionuevo.[2]

Early and personal life

Camaño was born in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco Province, on 25 April 1953. She is married to Luis Barrionuevo, a prominent trade union leader in Argentina, who has been Senator for Catamarca.

She graduated from University of Morón in 2013, where she is a professor of Constitutional law. She remains a close ally of former president Duhalde.[3]

In 2021, Camaño and Barrionuevo separated and ended their political relationship.[4]

Electoral history

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OfficeListDistrictVotesResult.
Total%.
1989National Deputy8Buenos Aires Province3,042,080 48.37%1st[5]
1997Buenos Aires Justicialist Front9Buenos Aires Province2,846,238 41.44%2nd[6]
2001Justicialist Party5Buenos Aires Province1,982,054 37.36%1st[7]
2003Justicialist Party4Buenos Aires Province2,317,483 40.73%1st[8]
2007Front for Victory8Buenos Aires Province3,016,229 43.02%1st[9]
2011Popular Front1Buenos Aires Province541,408 6.73%3rd[10]
2015United for a New Alternative2Buenos Aires Province1,888,415 20.98%3rd[11]
2019Federal Consensus1Buenos Aires Province583,699 6.01%3rd[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Graciela Camaño . Council of the Americas . 22 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Barrionuevo con Tercera Posición ya está en carrera por las PASO. El Ancasti. 13 June 2013. 26 November 2020. es.
  3. News: Se recibió la diputada Camaño . 22 September 2019 . Diario Perfil . 17 March 2011.
  4. News: Graciela Camaño y Luis Barrionuevo: la separación de una pareja que desató la interna en Gastronómicos. Perfil. 29 October 2021. 17 January 2024. es.
  5. Web site: Elecciones 1989. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  6. Web site: Elecciones 1997. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  7. Web site: Elecciones 2001. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  8. Web site: Elecciones 2003. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  9. Web site: Elecciones 2007. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  10. Web site: Elecciones 2011. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  11. Web site: Elecciones 2015. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.
  12. Web site: Elecciones 2019. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 9 February 2023. es.