{{short description|Argentine politician}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Omar De Marchi | image = DiputadoDemarchi.retratooficial.jpg | image_size = | order = | office = First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies | term_start = 10 December 2020 | term_end = 10 December 2023 | president = Sergio Massa<br />Cecilia Moreau | predecessor = Álvaro González | successor = Cecilia Moreau | office1 = National Deputy | term_start1 = 10 December 2020 | term_end1 = 10 December 2023 | constituency1 = Mendoza | term_start2 = 10 December 2005 | term_end2 = 10 December 2013 | constituency2 = Mendoza | office3 = Mayor of Luján de Cuyo | term_start3 = 10 December 2015 | term_end3 = 6 December 2019 | predecessor3 = Carlos López Puelles | successor3 = Sebastián Bragagnolo | term_start4 = 10 December 1999 | term_end4 = 10 December 2005 | predecessor4 = Luis Humberto Carral | successor4 = Omar Parisi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Luján de Cuyo, Argentina | profession = | party = Democratic Party {{small|(1993–2013)}}<br />Republican Proposal {{small|(since 2013)}} | other_party = Juntos por el Cambio {{small|(since 2015)}} | alma_mater = National University of Córdoba }} '''Omar Bruno De Marchi''' (born 28 May 1966) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He served as a National Deputy elected in Mendoza Province on two occasions, from 2005 to 2013 and later from 2019 to 2023.
De Marchi previously served as ''intendente'' (mayor) of Luján de Cuyo on two occasions, from 2015 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2005. He is the leader of PRO in Mendoza and first vice president of the Chamber of Deputies.
==Early life and career== De Marchi was born on 28 May 1966 in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza Province. He studied law at the National University of Córdoba, graduating in 1991, and has a master's degree in Business Administration from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/148|work=Directorio Legislativo|title=Omar De Marchi|access-date=21 July 2021|language=es|archive-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721014010/https://legisladores.directoriolegislativo.org/Argentina/Legislador/148|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is married and has two children.<ref name=clarin>{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/omar-marchi-gobierno-alberto-ultimo-estertor-populismo-argentina-_0_1pGpGUuJd.html|work=Clarín|title=Omar De Marchi: "El gobierno de Alberto es el último estertor del populismo en la Argentina"|last=Helfgot|first=Marcelo Hugo|date=12 December 2020|access-date=21 July 2021|language=es}}</ref>
==Political career== De Marchi was originally a member of the Democratic Party of Mendoza. He was elected to the mayoralty of his hometown in 1993 and served two terms until 2005.<ref name=clarin/> In 2005, De Marchi was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies on the PD–Recreate for Growth list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cronista.com/impresa-general/Macri-y-Sobisch-se-muestran-juntos-en-la-fiesta-de-Vendimia-20060302-0058.html|work=El Cronista|title=Macri y Sobisch se muestran juntos en la fiesta de Vendimia|last=Rumeau|first=Gisell|date=2 March 2006|access-date=21 July 2021|language=es}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2009, this time as part of the PRO Union alliance, a precursor of Republican Proposal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uncuyo.edu.ar/extension/debate-candidatos-a-diputados-nacionales|work=UNCuyo|title=Debate candidatos a Diputados Nacionales|date=14 May 2009|access-date=21 July 2021|language=es}}</ref>
In 2015, De Marchi was elected once again as mayor of Luján de Cuyo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.argentinaelections.com/2015/06/mendoza-analisis-de-los-resultados-electorales/|work=Argentina Elections|title=Mendoza: análisis de los resultados electorales|date=29 June 2015|access-date=21 July 2021|language=es|last=Cereijo|first=Nicolas}}</ref>
In 2019, De Marchi ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as the third candidate in the Cambia Mendoza list; the list received 52.44% of the vote and De Marchi was elected.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 November 2019 |title=Mendoza, en el centro de la interna de Cambiemos |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/229609-mendoza-en-el-centro-de-la-interna-de-cambiemos |access-date=21 July 2021 |website=Página/12 |language=es}}</ref> In 2020, De Marchi was elected First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mendozapost.com/politica/omar-de-marchi-fue-elegido-vicepresidente-de-la-camara-de-diputados/|title=De Marchi fue elegido vicepresidente de la Cámara de Diputados|work=Mendoza Post|date=9 December 2020|access-date=21 July 2021|language=es}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.diputados.gov.ar/diputados/odemarchi Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies] (in Spanish) * {{official website|https://omardemarchi.com/}}
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