María Isabel Pansa
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María Isabel Pansa | |
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.jpg) 2015 | |
| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) Argentina |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrano |
| Occupations | Information technology specialist, psychologist |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Argentina |
| Branch | Argentine Army |
| Rank | Brigade general |
| Unit | Professional Corps |
| Commands | Sub-Department VII – Research and Technological Development of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
María Isabel Pansa (born 1961) is an Argentine military officer. She is the first woman to attain the rank of general de brigada (brigade general)[note 1] in the Argentine Army.
María Isabel Pansa joined the Argentine Army in 1982, while the country was in the midst of the Falklands War.[10] She holds a licentiate in information technology from the University of Belgrano.[8]
In 2007 she was appointed by President Néstor Kirchner to serve as aide-de-camp to incoming President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as of 10 December of that year, when she had the rank of lieutenant colonel. Along with the corvette captain Claudia Fenocchio and the vice-commodore Silvana Carrascosa, she is one of the first three women in Argentine history to occupy that role.[11]
On 30 December 2008 she was promoted to the rank of colonel by Presidential Decree 2297/2008. In 2012 she received a licentiate in psychology from the Merchant Marine University.[12]
On 30 July 2015, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner proposed her promotion to the rank of brigade general. The Senate unanimously approved the proposal on 7 October 2015.[8][13] On 14 October 2015, Pansa was formally promoted to the rank of brigade general by Decree 2161/2015, retroactively effective as of 31 December 2014.[5]
