Anabel Fernández Sagasti

Anabel Fernández Sagasti (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a National Senator for Mendoza Province since 2015. She previously served as a National Deputy from 2011 to 2015, elected in Mendoza as well. Fernández Sagasti has been the president of the Mendoza chapter of the Justicialist Party since 2020.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Sagasti.
Anabel Fernández Sagasti
National Senator
Assumed office
10 December 2015
ConstituencyMendoza
Councillor of Magistracy
In office
10 March 2015 – 10 December 2015
Appointed byChamber of Deputies
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015
ConstituencyMendoza
Personal details
Born (1984-04-03) 3 April 1984
Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2011–2017)
Citizen's Unity (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (since 2019)
Alma materNational University of Cuyo

Early life and education

Anabel Fernández Sagasti was born on 3 April 1984 in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province.[1] Her father, Roberto Fernández, was a peronist trade union leader.[2] She studied law at the National University of Cuyo and graduated in 2011, and also counts with an auctioneer title authorized by the Supreme Court of Mendoza.[3]

Political career

Fernández Sagasti's political activism began in La Cámpora; she was one of the group's founding members in Mendoza.[1] At the 2011 legislative elections, Fernández Sagasti was the second candidate in the Front for Victory (FPV) list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in Mendoza, and was comfortably elected as the list received 46.76% of the vote; elected at 27, she became one of the youngest legislators in the lower chamber of Congress at the time.[4] As a national deputy, Fernández Sagasti introduced legislation to extend maternity leave in cases of preterm birth.[5] From 10 March to 10 December 2015, she was one of the Chamber of Deputies' representatives in the Council of Magistracy.[6]

Fernández Sagasti was the first FPV candidate to the National Senate in Mendoza for the 2015 legislative election. Although the FPV list was not the most voted in the province, Fernández Sagasti was still elected in the minority seat and was sworn in as National Senator on 10 December 2015.[7]

As senator, Fernández Sagasti voted in favor of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which would have legalized abortion in Argentina, but was struck down by her fellow senators on 8 August 2018.[8] Fernández Sagasti explained her position stating that "maternity cannot be the one, mandatory destiny [for women]".[9]

Gubernatorial run

Fernández Sagasti ran for governor of Mendoza Province in 2019. She won the 9 June primaries within the Justicialist Front with 17.40% of the vote against Alejandro Bermejo; Fernández Sagasti represented the more kirchnerist wing of the Justicialist Party, while Bermejo was the more "traditional" peronist candidate.[10] She faced off UCR candidate and City of Mendoza mayor Rodolfo Suárez on 29 September 2019, but lost with 36.24% against Suárez's 51.67%.[11]

President of the Mendoza PJ

In November 2020, Fernández Sagasti was elected to preside the Mendoza provincial chapter of the Justicialist Party. Her list ran unopposed. She was sworn in on 19 December 2020, succeeding Guillermo Carmona and becoming the first woman to lead the Mendoza PJ.[12][13]

Personal life

She was in a ten-year relationship with Lucas Ilardo, a fellow member of La Cámpora.[1]

References
  1. Ybarra, Gustavo (4 March 2020). "Anabel Fernández Sagasti, la custodia de los intereses de Cristina Kirchner en el Senado". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. Argento, Analía (14 June 2020). "Soldadas de Cristina: quiénes son las mujeres que defienden a la Vicepresidenta en el Senado". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "Quién es Anabel Fernández Sagasti, la senadora que ideó la estatización de Vicentin". Agrofy News (in Spanish). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. Ybarra, Gustavo (26 July 2011). "La estrategia electoral del kirchnerismo. Una candidata de La Cámpora dividió al PJ de Mendoza". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. "Fernández Sagasti presentó un proyecto de ampliación de licencia por maternidad" (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. "Juró la Dra. Anabel Fernández Sagasti". Consejo de la Magistratura (in Spanish). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. "Fernández Sagasti reconoció la derrota del FpV en Mendoza". Unidiversidad (in Spanish). 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. Rivas Molina, Federico; Centenera, Mar (9 August 2018). "Así hemos contado el 'no' del Senado al aborto legal en Argentina". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. Fernández Sagasti, Anabel (16 June 2018). "Tenemos que legislar para que las mujeres dejen de morir por abortos clandestinos, por Fernández Sagasti". Agencia Paco Urondo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  10. "PASO en Mendoza: el oficialista Rodolfo Suárez se impone en la elección". La Nación (in Spanish). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  11. "Al borde del llanto: así reconoció la derrota la kirchnerista Anabel Fernández Sagasti". La Nación (in Spanish). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  12. "Anabel Fernández Sagasti será la nueva presidenta del Partido Justicialista de Mendoza". Infobae (in Spanish). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  13. "Eligieron a Anabel Fernández Sagasti como presidenta del PJ de Mendoza". Télam (in Spanish). 5 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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