Mónica Troadello
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Mónica Troadello is an Argentine
politician and a member of the Justicialist Party
. She is a former Senator for Mendoza Province
and was part of the majority Front for Victory
parliamentary group.
Troadello, a lawyer by profession, had served at the provincial Irrigation Department since 1997. A former follower of José Octavio Bordón
, she was attracted to active politics by Carlos Abihaggle, former candidate for the governorship of Mendoza.
Troadello entered the Senate in 2007 to complete the term of Celso Jaque
who had been elected Governor of Mendoza
. She had been third on the list for the Justicialists in the 2005 elections.
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...
politician and a member of the 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...
. She is a former Senator for Mendoza Province
Mendoza Province
The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...
and was part 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...
parliamentary group.
Troadello, a lawyer by profession, had served at the provincial Irrigation Department since 1997. A former follower of José Octavio Bordón
José Octavio Bordón
José Octavio Bordón is an Argentine politician and diplomat.-Life and times:Born in Rosario in 1945, Bordón graduated in sociology from the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires in 1970. He was Professor of Political Sociology at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo from 1972 to 1976, and again from...
, she was attracted to active politics by Carlos Abihaggle, former candidate for the governorship of Mendoza.
Troadello entered the Senate in 2007 to complete the term of Celso Jaque
Celso Jaque
Celso Alejandro Jaque is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, current governor of Mendoza Province and a former senator.Born in Malargüe, Mendoza, Jaque graduated as an accountant at the National University of Cuyo...
who had been elected Governor of Mendoza
Governor of Mendoza
The Constitution of Mendoza Province, Argentina states that the executive power of the Province will be led by a citizen chosen as a Governor by the people for a four-year term, and not allowed to be re-elected for the immediately following term....
. She had been third on the list for the Justicialists in the 2005 elections.