Mara Brawer Explained

Mara Brawer
Office:National Deputy
Term Start:19 December 2019
Term End:10 December 2023
Constituency:City of Buenos Aires
Term Start1:10 December 2011
Term End1:10 December 2015
Constituency1:City of Buenos Aires
Birth Date:16 May 1962
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Profession:Psychologist
Party:Justicialist Party
Alma Mater:University of Buenos Aires

Mara Brawer (born 16 May 1962) is an Argentine psychologist and politician. She served as National Deputy elected in the Federal Capital from 2011 to 2015 and then from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Justicialist Party, Brawer sat in the Front for Victory and Frente de Todos blocs.

Brawer has also served as Undersecretary of Education in the Government of the Buenos Aires City from 2006 to 2007, and as Undersecretary of Equity and Education Quality in the Ministry of Education of Argentina from 2009 to 2011.

Early life and education

Mara Brawer was born on 16 May 1962 in Buenos Aires.[1] She is Jewish.[2] She studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Psychology and completed a degree on mediation and conflict resolution from Universidad de Belgrano.[3]

Political career

From 2006 to 2007, Brawer was Undersecretary of Education in the city government of Buenos Aires, in the administration of Jorge Telerman.[4] She was later head of the Argentine Observatory on School Violence, dependent on the Ministry of Education of Argentina.[5] In 2009, she was appointed Undersecretary of Equity and Education Quality, also within the scope of the national Ministry of Education, in the administration of Minister Alberto Sileoni.[6]

National Deputy

At the 2011 general election, Brawer was a candidate in the Front for Victory list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires; she was elected.[7] During her first term, she authored Law 26.892 on coexistence and approach of social conflictivity in educational institutions.[4] She did not run for re-election in 2015.

In 2014, Brawer was appointed secretary of women's affairs of the Buenos Aires City Justicialist Party.[8]

Brawer ran again in the 2019 general election, this time as the 6th candidate in the Frente de Todos list. Though she was not elected, she took office in place of Victoria Donda, who resigned to become head of the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism.[9]

Electoral history

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OfficeListDistrictVotesResult.
Total%.
2011National DeputyFront for Victory5City of Buenos Aires548,30529.16%1st[10]
2019Frente de Todos6City of Buenos Aires641,05435.02%2nd[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARA BRAWER. HCDN. 4 July 2021. es.
  2. News: "No hablen en nuestro nombre". Página 12. Bullentini. Ailín. 23 April 2015. 19 August 2022. es.
  3. Web site: Mara Brawer. Aique. 4 July 2021. es.
  4. Web site: Mara Brawer. Revista Anfibia. 4 July 2021. es.
  5. Web site: ENTREVISTA MARA BRAWER ESPECIALISTA EN VIOLENCIA EN ESCUELAS. Clarín. 25 October 2010. 4 July 2021. es.
  6. Web site: "La escuela debe celebrar la sexualidad". Página/12. Carbajal. Mariana. 14 May 2010. 4 July 2021. es.
  7. Web site: El nuevo Congreso. Argentina Elections. Tejerizo. Javier. 24 October 2011. 4 July 2021. es.
  8. Web site: Mujeres del PJ homenajearon a Evita y exhortaron a dar la batalla cultural contra la violencia de género. Télam. 24 July 2014. 4 July 2021. es.
  9. Web site: ¿Quiénes son los diputados que irán del Congreso al Ejecutivo?. La Prensa. 28 November 2019. 11 November 2020. Spanish.
  10. Web site: Elecciones 2011. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 4 February 2023. es.
  11. Web site: Elecciones 2019. argentina.gob.ar. Dirección Nacional Electoral. 4 February 2023. es.