Blanca Osuna
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Blanca Inés Osuna is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate
representing Entre Ríos Province
in the block of the majority Front for Victory
.
Osuna qualified as an educational psychologist at the Catholic University of Argentina
in 1984. She taught at the National University of Entre Ríos
until 1986 and served on the provincial council of education between 1987 and 1991, latterly chairing the body. She worked as an educational psychologist in the province until 1995 when she became director general of schools for Entre Ríos until 1999.
Osuna was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005. From 2006, she chaired the Education Committee of the Lower House. She was elected to the Senate in 2007 and chairs the Education and Culture Committee of the Senate.
Osuna was made Cavalieri dell’Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana by the President of Italy in 2005.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...
representing Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
in the block of the majority Front for Victory
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
.
Osuna qualified as an educational psychologist at the Catholic University of Argentina
Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
The Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina is a university in Argentina with campus in the cities of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Rosario, Paraná, Mendoza and Pergamino. The main campus is located in Puerto Madero, one of the most modern neighborhood of Buenos Aires...
in 1984. She taught at the National University of Entre Ríos
National University of Entre Ríos
The National University of Entre Ríos is an Argentine national university situated in the city of Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos.-See also:* List of Argentine universities*** Argentine Universities...
until 1986 and served on the provincial council of education between 1987 and 1991, latterly chairing the body. She worked as an educational psychologist in the province until 1995 when she became director general of schools for Entre Ríos until 1999.
Osuna was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Argentine Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005. From 2006, she chaired the Education Committee of the Lower House. She was elected to the Senate in 2007 and chairs the Education and Culture Committee of the Senate.
Osuna was made Cavalieri dell’Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana by the President of Italy in 2005.