Pablo Miguel Ansaloni (born 9 May 1971) is an Argentine trade unionist and politician who has been a National Deputy since 2023, elected in Buenos Aires Province. He previously held the same position from 2017 to 2021. He was a member of UATRE, the rural workers' union, until his expulsion in 2021. He is a member of the minor Faith Party.
Pablo Ansaloni | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1971 Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party (until 2013) Faith Party (since 2013) |
| Other political affiliations | Cambiemos (2015–2019) Frente de Todos (2021–2023) La Libertad Avanza (since 2023) |
Early and personal life
editAnsaloni was born on 9 May 1971 in Colón, a small town in Northern Buenos Aires Province. He is married to Rosana Cejas and has five children.[1] He has been a rural worker since his youth.[2]
Career
editAnsaloni's political career began in the Justicialist Party. He was a member of the party council of the Colón branch of the PJ from 2007 to 2011, and then served as president of the Colón Justicialist Party from 2008 to 2013. In 2013, Ansaloni became a founding member of the Faith Party (Partido Fe), led by former rural workers' union leader Gerónimo Venegas.[1] In 2019, following Venegas' death, Ansaloni was elected president of the Faith Party.[3]
Ahead of the 2015 general election, the Faith Party allied with the Cambiemos alliance and backed the presidential candidacy of Mauricio Macri. Ansaloni ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election; he was the 14th candidate in the Cambiemos list in Buenos Aires Province.[4] The list was the most voted in the general election with 42.15% of the vote, and Ansaloni was elected.[5][6]
As deputy, Ansaloni formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Natural Resources, Sports, Elderly People, Agriculture and Livestock, and Labour Legislation.[1] Ansaloni was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina. He voted against of the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.[7][8]
Ansaloni left the Juntos por el Cambio (Cambiemos) parliamentary bloc in the aftermath of the 2019 general election, forming part of the Unidad Federal y Desarollo bloc, led by Mendoza deputy José Luis Ramón. Ahead of the 2021 legislative election, Ansaloni and the Faith Party backed the governing Frente de Todos.[9]
In January 2021, Ansaloni caused controversy when he made anti-semitic statements during a speech to members of his party.[10] His comments were condemned by his party, and UATRE mandated his expulsion from the union.[11][12] He was also condemned by the DAIA, a Jewish Argentine civil association.[13] He would later issue an apology and retract his statements.[14]
Ansaloni did not run for re-election in 2021, and his term expired on 9 December 2021.
Electoral history
edit| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2017 | National Deputy | Cambiemos | 14 | Buenos Aires Province | 3,930,406 | 42.15% | 1st[a] | Elected | [15] | |
| 2023 | La Libertad Avanza | 5 | Buenos Aires Province | 2,382,198 | 25.43% | 3rd[a] | Elected | [16] | ||
- ^ 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- ^ a b c "Pablo Miguel Ansaloni". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Un trabajador rural al Congreso" (PDF). Pregón Rural (in Spanish). December 2017. p. 8. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Pablo Ansaloni asumió como presidente del Partido FE". Canal Siete Colón (in Spanish). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Galvalizi, Daniel (24 June 2017). "Cambiemos definió los 35 precandidatos para diputados nacionales en la provincia de Buenos Aires". Télam (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Resultados de las elecciones 2017, provincia por provincia". Clarín (in Spanish). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Cómo quedará conformado el Congreso a partir del 10 de diciembre". Primera Fuente (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Entre los diputados de origen sindical se impone la legalización del aborto". Tiempo Argentino (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Aborto legal: uno por uno, así fue el voto de cada diputado". La Voz (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Balinotti, Nicolás (18 May 2021). "De Macri al kirchnerismo, los giros del diputado Ansaloni, una de las llaves para avanzar con la reforma de la procuración". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ ""Son como los judíos, no tienen patria": el comentario antisemita del diputado Pablo Ansaloni". La Nación (in Spanish). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Repudio a los dichos antisemitas del diputado Ansaloni". Página/12 (in Spanish). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Uatre expulsó a Pablo Ansaloni por sus dichos antisemitas". Página/12 (in Spanish). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Martín, Mariano (7 January 2021). "Frase antisemita de un diputado ex-Cambiemos pone en aprietos a Massa". Ámbito (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "El diputado Ansaloni pidió disculpas tras la polémica por sus dichos sobre la comunidad judía". Ámbito (in Spanish). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Elecciones 2017". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Elecciones 2023". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 14 December 2023.