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Female Heads of the Parliament of the República Argentina

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The Presidum of the Chamber of Deputies is elected each year in November, the Presidium of the Senate for four years.

1953-54 1. Vice-President of the Camera de Diputados Delia Delfina Degliuomini de Parodi
Known as Delia Parodi, she was one of the first 22 women to serve in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 1951. In 1955 she was imprisoned as part of the coup against Perón, and was freed in 1958, for a time living in exile in Uruguay. (d. 1991)

1973-74 President of the Senate Isabel Martínez de Perón
The Vice-President of the Republic is also President of the Senate. She was President of the Republic 1974-76.

1998-99 3. Vice-President of the Camera de Diputados Graciela Fernandez Meijide (November-November)

1998-99 Parliamentary Secretary of the Camera de Diputados Dra. Esther H. Pereyra Arandia de Perez Pardo

2003-07 1. Vice-President of the Senate Mirian Belén Curletti de Wajfeld

2003- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Camera de Diputados Marta Alicia Luchetta

2004- 3. Vice-President of the Camera de Diputados Lozano Encarnación

2007- 1. Vice-President of the Camera de Diputados Patricia Vaca Narvaja

Last update 12.12.07