Ofelia Fernández
Ofelia Fernández | |
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| Member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 2000 |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Frente de Todos (2019-) |
| Residence | Caballito, Buenos Aires |
| Known for | Youngest Latin American legislator |
Ofelia Fernández (born 14 April 2000) is an Argentine politician and political activist. She is the youngest member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature, having been elected on 27 October 2019, at only 19 years of age.[1]
Biography
Ofelia Fernández was born on 14 April 2000,[2] as the daughter of a musician father and a bureau de change employee mother.[3] She finished her high school degree at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini.[4][5] At High school she became the school's youngest president of the student body and the first one to be re-elected.[2] As a student body president she got often involved in student strikes.[6]
An activist and feminist, Fernández participated in the demonstrations in support of the legalization of abortion in Argentina.[7], and spoke at the commission-level debate during the treatment of the bill at the National Congress.[8] Fernandez was also the youngest speaker at the G20 counter-summit organized by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences in November 2018.[9]
Fernández was the third candidate in the Peronist Frente de Todos coalition's party list for the City Legislature 2019 election.[10] She cast her first vote during the Primary elections in August.[8] She was elected to the city legislature on 27 October 2019,[1] commencing her legislative term on 10 December of the same year.[11] Following her election to the legislature, Fernández was then highlighted by various sources as "the youngest legislator in Latin America."[8][11]
References
- ^ a b "Ofelia Fernández, la legisladora más joven de la región: "Ganamos todos"" (in Spanish). Filo. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Subiela, Imanol (7 August 2019). "Ofelia Fernández: la candidata más joven de las elecciones en Argentina" [Ofelia Fernández: the youngest candidate in the elections in Argentina]. Playgroundmag.net (in Spanish).
- ^ Piscetta, Juan (13 June 2018). "Ofelia Fernández, la voz adolescente que gritó por el aborto en el Congreso". Infobae (in Spanish).
- ^ Provéndola, Juan Ignacio (5 July 2019). "Ofelia, una voz para la pibada". Página/12.
- ^ "Es falso que Ofelia Fernández no terminó el secundario y va a cobrar 300 mil pesos La legisladora porteña electa fue criticada en redes sociales por ambas cuestiones. Sin embargo, Reverso constató que ese no será su sueldo y que sí culminó sus estudios". Infobae (in Spanish). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Quién es Ofelia Fernández, la legisladora más joven de la historia de Argentina". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ Sánchez Díez, María (18 October 2019). "She's 19 and lives with her mother: Meet the feminist teenager running for office in Argentina". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b c Conoce a Ofelia Fernández, la legisladora más joven en la historia de Latinoamérica. 29 October 2019.
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- ^ Confirmado: los candidatos del Frente de Todos en la Ciudad. 22 June 2019.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ a b Buenos Aires tendrá la legisladora más joven de la historia latinoamericana. 28 October 2019.
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