Nancy Aracely Sand Giorasi (born 4 January 1964) is an

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teacher and politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing

Corrientes Province Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; ), officially the Province of Corrientes (; ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia, Argentina, Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, cl ...

. A member of the

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, Sand was previously served as '' intendenta'' (mayor) of Bella Vista from 2009 to 2013, and as member of the Provincial Senate from 2015 to 2019.

Early and personal life

Sand Giorasi was born on 4 January 1964 in

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...

. She studied to be a teacher at the Escuela Normal Superior in Saladas, Corrientes. Sand is the aunt of professional footballers José "Pepe" Sand and Darío Sand.

Political career

Sand was a member of the Bella Vista City Council from 2001 to 2005, and later served as secretary of the Chamber of Senators of Corrientes Province from 2005 to 2009. She ran for the mayoralty of Bella Vista in 2009 under the "Frente de Todos por el Cambio" coalition; she won the election with 56.74% of the vote. Sand was the first member of the Justicialist Party to win a local election in Bella Vista in 36 years. From 2013 to 2015, she was Secretary of Community Development of the Corrientes municipal government. In 2015, she was elected to the Chamber of Senators of Corrientes. She resigned from her seat in the Senate on 28 November 2019. At the 2019 legislative election, Sand was the second candidate in the

Frente de Todos The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") was a centre-left political coalition of political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Fernández won the 2019 gen ...

coalition list, behind José Ruiz Aragón. The list received 50.98% of the vote, and both Ruiz Aragón and Sand were elected. During her 2019–2023 term, Sand formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Population and Human Development, Education, Regional Economies and Development,

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, and Municipal Affairs. She was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting against the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill that passed the Chamber.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies
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