David Leiva
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David Leiva | |
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| Provincial Deputy of Salta | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2021 | |
| Constituency | Capital Department |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1980 Salta, Argentina |
| Party | Victory Party (2015–2017) Memory and Movilization (since 2017) |
Jesús David Battaglia Leiva (born 19 July 1978), better known as David Leiva, is an Argentine cumbia singer and politician, currently serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Salta representing the Capital Department.
Leiva was born and raised in the Castañares neighborhood of Salta, capital of the homonymous Salta Province, son of Aidé Leiva, a school teacher. He and his two brothers were largely raised by their working-class grandparents, Ángel Battaglia and María de La Parra, whom Leiva considers his adoptive parents. Battaglia was a railway worker and later worked as a butcher.[1]
Leiva became interested in music from an early age. His mother was a lover of tango, and he cites Michael Jackson as an early influence. In Castañares he became friends with Claudio Zotelo, with whom he would go on to form cumbia group Juveniles Panda. Juveniles Panda found local success and later toured the Argentine Northwest during the 90s.[2][3]