Vilma Lidia Ibarra is an Argentine

Argentina

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 politician, formerly Senator

Argentine Senate

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 for Buenos Aires

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 and now a National Deputy. She is the sister of Aníbal Ibarra

Aníbal Ibarra

Aníbal Ibarra is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Buenos Aires from 2000 to 2006.-Biography:Ibarra was born in Lomas de Zamora, a district located in the southern region of Greater Buenos Aires. His father was a Paraguayan member of the PLRA who left his country during the...

, the former Chief of the Buenos Aires government.

Ibarra was born in Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora

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, Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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 and moved to the city of Buenos Aires in 1966. She studied at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires

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 where she led the communist youth wing. She graduated in law at the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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 and worked as a lawyer.

In 1996, Ibarra became a national deputy

Argentine Chamber of Deputies

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 and Secretary of the FrePaSo block in the Chamber. In 1999 she was elected to the Senate. In 2000 she became a city councillor in Buenos Aires, taking a leading role in her brother's administration. In 2001 she was re-elected to the Senate. Since 2003 she has been a supporter of Peronist President

President of Argentina

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 Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Kirchner

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.
In August 2004, Ibarra proposed legislation to legalise abortion

Abortion

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 in certain circumstances. In 2007 she suggested legislative changes to permit same sex marriage.

In 2007, Ibarra stepped down from the Senate and was re-elected as a national deputy for Buenos Aires, second on the list of Kirchner's Front for Victory

Front for Victory

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. She sits in the Popular and Social Encounter block.

External links

• Senate profile
• Interview La Nación
  La Nación
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  , 12 February 2006 (Spanish)