María Elisa Castro

María Elisa Castro (born November 27, 1954) is an Argentine architect and politician from the Justicialist Party (PJ), who served as national senator for the Santiago del Estero Province between 2001 and 2007. By lot, she was awarded a six-year term that ended in 2007.

Biography María Elisa Castro was born in Añatuya, Santiago del Estero Province, in 1954. She received her degree as an architecture from the National University of Tucumán in 1982.

Since 1987, she has held various positions in the government of the Santiago del Estero Province. In 1987, she was appointed Social Technical Secretary of the Provincial Institute of Housing and Urbanism (IPVU), and in 1989, undersecretary of Promotion and Assistance to the Community of the provincial Ministry of Social Welfare and undersecretary of Women. In 1993, she was appointed technical secretary of the IPVU, and in 1996, general director of Architecture. In 1998, she became president of the IPVU, and the following year, Governor Carlos Arturo Juárez appointed her Minister of Public Works and Services of Santiago del Estero Province.

Between 2001 and 2002, Castro served as president of the Housing Commission. She was a representative before the Latin American Parliament.