Lorena Pokoik
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affiliationsFront for Victory (2003–2017)
Unidad Porteña (2017–2019)
Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (2023–present)
Lorena Pokoik | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 12 December 2013 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2003–2017) Unidad Porteña (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Union for the Homeland (2023–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of Tres de Febrero |
Lorena Iris Pokoik García[a] (born 24 December 1972) is an Argentine politician, who is currently a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in 2023. A member of the Justicialist Party, Pokoik previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2013 to 2021.
Pokoik was born on 24 December 1972 in the Mataderos neighbourhood of Buenos Aires into a family of Polish-Jewish descent.[1] Her ancestors were from Łódź and migrated to Argentina to escape the Holocaust.[2]
She attended high school at Liceo 8 and later transferred to Colegio Mariano Moreno, where she began her political activism at the school's students' union.[3] She counts with a licenciatura degree on Public Policy from the National University of Tres de Febrero.[4]
Political career
Pokoik was first elected to the Buenos Aires City Legislature in the 2013 legislative election as the 5th candidate in the Front for Victory list. Pokoik was re-elected in 2017, this time as the sixth candidate in the Front for Victory list.[5]
As of 2017 she was vice president of the Buenos Aires chapter of the Justicialist Party.[6]
National Deputy
Pokoik was the third candidate in the Buenos Aires City Union for the Homeland list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2023 general election, behind Paula Penacca and Eduardo Valdés; the list received 31.41% of the popular vote, and Pokoik was elected. She took office on 10 December 2023.[7]
On 2 July 2025, Pokoik entered an argument during a debate in Congress when she accused another deputy, Sabrina Ajmechet, of "defending genocide" for her pro-Israel statements. Other deputies then accused Pokoik of being an anti-semite, to which Pokoik retorted by saying she is of Jewish descent and her family survived the Holocaust.[2][8]