Carmen Polledo

Polledo began her political career in Republican Proposal.^[3] In 2009, she ran for a seat in the Buenos Aires City Legislature, as the fifth candidate in the Unión PRO list. The list received 31.30% of the vote, and Polledo was elected.^[4] As legislator, Polledo was elected First Vice President of the Legislature, becoming the first woman to hold the position.^[5] She was re-elected in 2013 as the third candidate in the PRO list. The list received 33.58% of the vote.^[6]

She ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election, as the second candidate in the Vamos Juntos (Cambiemos) list, behind Elisa Carrió.^[7] The list was the most voted on the general election with 50.98% of the vote, and Polledo was elected.^[8][9]

As a national deputy, Polledo formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Social Action and Public Health (which she presided over), Commerce, Consumer Rights, Political Trials, Petitions, Powers and Norms, Budget, and Foreign Affairs.^[10] She was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina. She voted against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.^[11] During the 2020 debate, she was the spokesperson for the commission's dissent position.^[12]

In 2016, she was named in the Panama Papers as the owner of an offshore firm.^[13]

• Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies Archived 3 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Carmen Polledo on X