Marina Riofrío
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Marina Raquel Riofrío is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate
representing San Juan Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory
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Riofrío graduated in 1986 as a lawyer from the National University of Córdoba
. From 1986 she was an adviser to the San Juan Ministry of Economy and from 1990 to 1991 she was adviser to the Directorate of Tourism. Following several years as a member of the permanent body of lawyers at the Office of the Public Prosecutor of San Juan, in 1996 she became Director of the Legal and Technical Directorate of the Province. In 1998 she became national coordinator of the National Pensions Commission under the Social Development Ministry.
In 1999, Riofrío was elected as a councillor to the San Juan city council, serving until 2003 when she returned to the provincial government as Subsecretary of Development and Family Promotion. In 2005 she was elected to the Argentine Senate. She is a member of the Argentine delegation to the Latin American Parliament
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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 San Juan Province in the majority block of the 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...
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Riofrío graduated in 1986 as a lawyer from the National University of Córdoba
National University of Córdoba
The National University of Córdoba, , is the oldest university in Argentina, and one of the oldest in the Americas. It is located in Córdoba, the capital of Córdoba Province. Since the early 20th century it has been the second largest university in the country in terms of the number of students,...
. From 1986 she was an adviser to the San Juan Ministry of Economy and from 1990 to 1991 she was adviser to the Directorate of Tourism. Following several years as a member of the permanent body of lawyers at the Office of the Public Prosecutor of San Juan, in 1996 she became Director of the Legal and Technical Directorate of the Province. In 1998 she became national coordinator of the National Pensions Commission under the Social Development Ministry.
In 1999, Riofrío was elected as a councillor to the San Juan city council, serving until 2003 when she returned to the provincial government as Subsecretary of Development and Family Promotion. In 2005 she was elected to the Argentine Senate. She is a member of the Argentine delegation to the Latin American Parliament
Latin American Parliament
The Latin American Parliament , is a regional, permanent organization composed by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a consultative assembly similar to the early European Parliament...
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