Magdalena Sierra | |
Office: | National Deputy |
Term Start: | 10 December 2017 |
Term End: | 10 December 2021 |
Constituency: | Buenos Aires |
Office1: | Provincial Senator of Buenos Aires |
Term Start1: | 10 December 2015 |
Term End1: | 10 December 2017 |
Constituency1: | Third Electoral Section |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1966 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Profession: | Architect, politician |
Party: | Justicialist Party |
Spouse: | Jorge Ferraresi |
Alma Mater: | University of Buenos Aires |
Ada María Magdalena Sierra (born 25 June 1966) is an Argentine architect and politician who served as a National Deputy from 2017 to 2021, elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of the Justicialist Party, she was elected in 2017 as part of Unidad Ciudadana. Sierra previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires Province Senate from 2015 to 2017, representing the Third Electoral Section. Since 2021, she has been a member of the City Council of Avellaneda, a post she previously held as well.
Sierra was born on 25 June 1966 in Buenos Aires. She studied architecture at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating in 2007.[1] She is married to Jorge Ferraresi, former intendente of Avellaneda and current Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández. Sierra and Ferraresi have two children.[2]
Sierra was Undersecretary of Municipal Planning in Avellaneda from 2009 to 2013, during her husband's first term as mayor.[3] In 2013, she ran for a seat in the Avellaneda City Council, as part of the Front for Victory list; she was elected.[4] In the 2015 provincial elections, Sierra was elected as Provincial Senator for the Third Electoral Section.[5]
Sierra ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election; she was the 11th candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list in Buenos Aires Province.[6] The Unidad Ciudadana list received 36.28% of the votes, and Sierra made it past the D'Hondt cut to be elected. She was sworn in on 6 December 2017.[7] [8]
As a national deputy, Sierra formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Habitat and Urban Planning, Addiction Prevention, Sports, Disabilities, Women and Diversity, Municipal Affairs, and Public Works.[1] She was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.[9]
Ahead of the 2021 legislative election, Sierra was confirmed as one of the candidates in the Frente de Todos list to the Avellaneda City Council.[10]
Office | List | District | Votes | Result | . | |||||
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Total | % | . | ||||||||
2013 | Councillor | Front for Victory | 1 | Avellaneda Partido | 84,327 | 39.20% | 1st | [11] | ||
2015 | Provincial Senator | Front for Victory | 3 | Third Electoral Section | 1,336,356 | 42.25% | 1st | [12] | ||
2017 | National Deputy | Unidad Ciudadana | 11 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,383,114 | 36.28% | 2nd | [13] | ||
2021 | Councillor | Frente de Todos | 1 | Avellaneda Partido | 94,378 | 48.94% | 1st | [14] | ||