Federico Otermín
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Federico Otermín | |
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| Intendant of Lomas de Zamora | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Marina Lesci |
| President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 6 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Marisol Merquel |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Alejandro Dichiara |
| Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Third Electoral Section |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 December 1984 Banfield, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2013–2017) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Union for the Homeland (2023–present) |
| Spouse | Daniela Vilar |
Jorge Federico Otermín (born 1 December 1984) is an Argentine politician. Since 2023, he has been a intendente (mayor) of Lomas de Zamora, a municipality in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation. He is a member of the Justicialist Party.
He previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies from 2017 to 2023, and served as the chamber's president from 2019 to 2023.
Otermín was born on 1 December 1984 in Balfield, a suburb in the Lomas de Zamora Partido within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. His father was a cardiologist and his mother a schoolteacher. Otermín studied journalism and worked as a writer at Clarín and as a TV producer for Telefe.[1] In 2009 he started working in the communications area of the Lomas de Zamora mayor's office under intendente Martín Insaurralde.[2]
Political career
From 2013 to 2017 he was Secretary of Culture and Communication in the municipality of Lomas de Zamora. Otermín was elected to the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies at the 2017 provincial elections; he ran in the Unidad Ciudadana list in the Third Electoral Section.[3]
Following the 2019 provincial election, which saw Axel Kicillof elected governor and the peronist Frente de Todos alliance win a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, Otermín was elected by the new legislature to serve as President of the Chamber. At age 34 he became the youngest deputy to preside the provincial Chamber.[1]
He was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2021 election.[3]
In 2023 he was elected as intendente (mayor) of Lomas de Zamora as part of the Union for the Homeland coalition, attaining over 49% of the vote and succeeding Marina Lesci.[4]
Personal life
He is married to fellow politician Daniela Vilar, with whom he has a daughter.[5][6]