Claudia Ledesma Abdala

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ledesma, the second or maternal family name is Abdala, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Zamora.
Claudia Ledesma Abdala
National Senator
Assumed office
10 December 2019
ConstituencySantiago del Estero
Provisional President of the Senate
In office
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023
Preceded byFederico Pinedo
Succeeded byBartolomé Abdala
Governor of Santiago del Estero
In office
10 December 2013 – 10 December 2017
Vice GovernorJosé Emilio Neder
Preceded byGerardo Zamora
Succeeded byGerardo Zamora
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2017 – 10 December 2019
ConstituencySantiago del Estero
First Lady of Santiago del Estero
Assumed role
10 December 2017
GovernorGerardo Zamora
Preceded byGerardo Zamora (as First Gentleman)
In role
23 March 2005 – 10 December 2013
GovernorGerardo Zamora
Preceded byCarlos Juárez (as First Gentleman, 2004)
Succeeded byGerardo Zamora (as First Gentleman)
Personal details
Born (1974-09-14) September 14, 1974 (age 49)
La Banda, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Civic Front for Santiago
Frente de Todos
SpouseGerardo Zamora
Alma materCatholic University of Santiago del Estero
ProfessionLawyer and notary

Claudia Alejandra Ledesma Abdala de Zamora (born 14 September 1974) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a National Senator for Santiago del Estero Province and as Provisional President of the Argentine Senate since 2019. A member of the local Civic Front for Santiago, Ledesma Abdala was governor of Santiago del Estero from 2013 to 2017, succeeding and preceding her husband, Gerardo Zamora.

Early life and education[edit]

Zamora was born in La Banda. Her father, Oscar Ledesma, was active in local politics as a supporter of Governor Carlos Juárez.[1] She graduated as a lawyer and notary from the Catholic University of Santiago del Estero.[2] Her grandfather, Ricardo "Pololo" Abdala, was a physician and a prominent Radical Civic Union leader in the province as well.[3]

Political career[edit]

Vice Governor José Neder, then President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Governor Claudia Ledesma Abdala, and her husband and predecessor Gerardo Zamora shortly after Ledesma's election in 2013.

Ledesma entered public service in 2003 when she was elected Citizen Ombudsman for La Banda on the UCR ticket, and in 2005 she was appointed local infractions judge. Ledesma and her first husband, Jorge Amerio, were divorced,[4] and in 2005 she met her future husband, Governor Gerardo Zamora.[1] She was later appointed by her husband as Director of the Provincial Motor Vehicle Registry.[2] The couple had two sons and a daughter.[5]

Governor of Santiago del Estero[edit]

Governor Zamora nominated his wife for the governor's race held in 2013, while he himself ran for Senator. Both won their respective races on the Civic Front for Santiago ticket, and Ledesma was elected governor with nearly 65% of the vote.[6]

Zamora had presided over an ambitious public works agenda in historically underdeveloped Santiago del Estero, 90% of whose US$1.8 billion budget was financed by the federal government in 2013.[4] Ledesma continued this policy and initiated or inaugurated numerous significant projects as governor. These included among others a new building for the Provincial Legislature;[7] the Juan Felipe Ibarra provincial office building (the first LEED certified government building in Argentina);[8] increases in the educational budget for 1,100 new teachers and 10,000 new desks;[9] and improvements in sewer systems and other public services.[10][11]

Some of the most notable health and social care improvements during her tenure include expansion works in 14 hospitals and a new, 150,000 ft² hospital in La Banda;[12] a driver safety education and enforcement program that led to a 40% reduction in motor vehicle accidents;[12] a new child nutrition program that provides probiotic yogurt to over 47,000 poor children;[13] and housing programs that included public housing,[14] as well as the promotion of both cooperative housing[15] and of self-building programs that financed over 3,000 such homes in 2015.[16]

Mrs. Zamora's term ended on 10 December 2017. She was succeeded by his husband, who ran for a third term and won.

Provisional president of the Senate[edit]

Zamora ran for a seat in the National Senate at the 2019 elections on the Civic Front for Santiago ticket. She won with 56.96% of the vote, and took office on 10 December 2019.[17][18] On that same day, she was sworn in as the provisional president of the Senate, succeeding Federico Pinedo.[3]

Electoral history[edit]

Executive[edit]

Electoral history of Claudia Ledesma Abdala
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2013 Governor of Santiago del Estero Civic Front for Santiago 300,196 64.67% 1st Elected [19]

Legislative[edit]

Electoral history of Claudia Ledesma Abdala
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2017 National Deputy Civic Front for Santiago 1 Santiago del Estero Province 384,125 70.09% 1st[a] Elected [20]
2019 National Senator Civic Front for Santiago 1 Santiago del Estero Province 328,627 56.96% 1st[a] Elected [21]
  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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "El camino a la gobernación". Página/12. 2 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Claudia Ledesma Abdala se impuso en las elecciones y es la nueva gobernadora de Santiago del Estero". La Nación. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b Rodríguez, Leonel Alberto (27 November 2019). "Quién es la senadora Claudia Ledesma Abdala, tercera en la línea presidencial". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Gerardo Zamora, el heredero del feudo de Santiago del Estero". La Voz del Interior. 10 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Nació la hija del gobernador Zamora, se llama Amparo". El Liberal. 17 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Escrutinio definitivo: el Frente Cívico obtuvo el 64,67% de los votos". El Liberal. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Claudia Zamora inauguró el nuevo edificio de la legislatura provincial". Nuevo Diario. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  8. ^ "La Presidenta y la Gobernadora inauguraron las torres de Economía y Educación". Secretería General de la Grobernación de Santiago del Estero. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  9. ^ "La gobernadora inauguró una escuela y presidió el cierre del ciclo lectivo 2014". El Liberal. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  10. ^ "La gobernadora y Cristina firmaron el contrato para iniciar la obra de la cloaca máxima". El Liberal. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  11. ^ "La Gobernadora inauguró importantes obras de agua en La Banda". Nuevo Diario. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Tenemos que cumplir las normas viales para poder vivir tranquilos". El Liberal. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  13. ^ "La Gobernadora destacó los avances en lo atinente a la salud pública". Nuevo Diario. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  14. ^ "La gobernadora inauguró más de 300 viviendas en La Banda y en el Vinalar". El Liberal. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  15. ^ "La Gobernadora inauguró viviendas construidas por cooperativas". Diario Panorama. 13 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Les propongo hacer el doble de viviendas de autoconstrucción". Nuevo Diario. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  17. ^ "El nuevo Congreso: así estará conformada la Cámara de Senadores". El Litoral (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Cómo quedará conformado el Congreso a partir del 10 de diciembre". Ámbito (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Escrutinio Definitivo" (PDF). tribunalelectoralse.gov.ar (in Spanish). Tribunal Electoral de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Elecciones 2017". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Elecciones 2019". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.[permanent dead link]
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Santiago del Estero
2013–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Provisional President of the Senate
2019–2023 		Succeeded by
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