Matías David Rodríguez (born 14 December 1981) is an

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politician currently serving as a National Senator for

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. A member of the

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and La Cámpora, Rodríguez was elected in 2019, and currently sits in the

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parliamentary bloc. He previously served as a National Deputy from 2015 to 2019, and as head of the provincial branch of ANSES in Tierra del Fuego from 2012 to 2015.

Early and personal life

Rodríguez was born on 14 December 1981 in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. He is married to Laura Beatriz Ávila and has two children.

Political career

Rodríguez became a supporter of former president Néstor Kirchner during his presidential campaign in

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, when he became part of the "Kirchner Presidente" committee in Tierra del Fuego. Later, in 2007, Rodríguez was one of the founders of La Cámpora in the province. In 2012, Rodríguez was appointed as chief of the Tierra del Fuego branch of ANSES, Argentina's national social security agency. Two years later, in the 2015 legislative election, he ran for a seat in the National Chamber of Deputies as the first candidate in the Front for Victory list. The list received 42.01% of the vote, and Rodríguez was comfortably elected alongside the next candidate in the list, Analuz Carol. They were sworn in on 4 December 2015. As a national deputy, Rodríguez served as secretary on the parliamentary commission on small and medium-sized businesses (PyMES), and formed part of the commissions on commerce, finances, industry, and tourism. In the 2019 legislative election, Rodríguez ran for one of Tierra del Fuego's three seats in the

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as the first candidate in the

(FDT) list, followed by María Eugenia Duré. With 41.1% of the vote, the FDT was the most-voted list in Tierra del Fuego, and both Rodríguez and Duré were elected for the majority seats. As senator, he formed part of the commissions on accords, administrative and municipal affairs, national defense, and national economy and investment. Rodríguez was a supporter of the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill in 2018 as deputy and in 2020 as senator.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Senate
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Matias David 1981 births Living people People from Ushuaia Members of the Argentine Senate for Tierra del Fuego Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Tierra del Fuego Justicialist Party politicians Members of La Cámpora 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians