Vilma Ibarra

{{Short description|Argentine politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Vilma Ibarra.jpg | image_size = | name = Vilma Ibarra | caption = | office = [[Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency (Argentina)|Legal and Technical Secretary of the Presidency]] | term_start = 10 December 2019 | term_end = 10 December 2023 | president = [[Alberto Fernández]] | predecessor = Pablo Clusellas | successor = Javier Herrera Bravo | office1 = [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] | term_start1 = 10 December 2007 | term_end1 = 10 December 2011 | constituency1 = [[Buenos Aires|City of Buenos Aires]] | office2 = [[Argentine Senate|National Senator]] | term_start2 = 10 December 2001 | term_end2 = 10 December 2007 | constituency2 = [[Buenos Aires|City of Buenos Aires]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lomas de Zamora]], Argentina | partner = [[Alberto Fernández]] (2005–2014) | profession = Lawyer | party = [[Broad Front (Argentina)|Broad Front]] {{small|(until 2007)}}<br />[[Independent (politics)|Independent]] ({{small|2007–present}}) | other_party = [[Frepaso]] {{small|(1996–1999)}}<br />[[Front for Victory]] {{small|(2003–2011)}}<br />[[Frente de Todos (2019 coalition)|Frente de Todos]] {{small|(2019–present)}} | footnotes = }} '''Vilma Lidia Ibarra''' (born 21 May 1960) is an Argentine lawyer and politician, formerly a [[Argentine Senate|Senator]] and [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] representing [[Buenos Aires]]. From 2019 to 2023, she served as the [[Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency (Argentina)|Legal and Technical Secretary of the Presidency]] under President [[Alberto Fernández]].<ref name=infobae>{{cite web|url=https://www.ambito.com/politica/vilma-ibarra/quien-es-la-encargada-velar-la-firma-alberto-f-n5069802|work=[[Ámbito Financiero|Ámbito]]|title=Quién es Vilma Ibarra, la encargada de velar por la firma de Alberto F.|date=6 December 2019|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}}</ref>

Ibarra was born in [[Lomas de Zamora]], [[Buenos Aires Province]], and moved to the city of Buenos Aires in 1966. She studied at the [[Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires]], where she led the communist youth wing. She graduated in law at the [[University of Buenos Aires]], and worked as a lawyer. She is the sister of [[Aníbal Ibarra]], the former [[List of Mayors and Chiefs of Government of Buenos Aires|Chief of the Buenos Aires government]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unofficial biography of Vilma Ibarra. Vilma Ibarra life and work. Vilma Ibarra contributions and web resources.|url=http://www.mundoandino.com/Argentina/Vilma-Ibarra|access-date=2021-11-15|website=www.mundoandino.com}}</ref>

In 1996, Ibarra became a [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|national deputy]] and Secretary of the [[Frepaso]] block in the Chamber. In 1999, she was elected to the Senate. In 2000, she became a city councillor in Buenos Aires, taking a leading role in her brother's administration. In 2001, she was re-elected to the Senate. Since 2003, she has been a supporter of [[Peronist]] [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Néstor Kirchner]]. In August 2004, Ibarra proposed legislation to legalise [[abortion]]. In 2007, she suggested legislative changes to permit same-sex marriage.

In 2007, Ibarra stepped down from the Senate and was re-elected as a national deputy for Buenos Aires, second on the list of Kirchner's [[Front for Victory]].

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==External links== {{commons}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218192316/http://ibarra.senado.gov.ar/ Senate profile] *[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=779949 Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324133942/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=779949 |date=2024-03-24 }} ''[[La Nación]]'', 12 February 2006 (Spanish)

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