Mirta Tundis

Mirta Tundis (born 7 September 1956) is an Argentine journalist and politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of the Renewal Front, she was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

Early and personal life Tundis was born on 7 September 1956 in Buenos Aires, to a family of Italian descent, and grew up in Villa Insuperable, a working-class neighbourhood in La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province. She was married from 1974 to 1994; Tundis has been open about her experiences with gender-based violence at the hands of her (now deceased) ex-husband. She has two children. She would later anchor the segment Mirta Móvil, where she interviewed passersby in public squares on pensioners' issues. Tundis worked at Radio Mitre from 2003 to 2007, and in 2008, she began hosting her own programme, Mirta te Acompaña, in Cablevisión's Metro channel.

Political career 1País lists in the 2017 legislative election, with Tundis as the second candidate to the Chamber of Deputies, behind Felipe Solá. Tundis was chief of press in the Comprehensive Medical Attention Program (PAMI) from 1994 to 2013. The list was the most voted in the province, with 43.95% of the vote, and Tundis was easily elected. She was sworn in on 10 December 2013. Tundis was re-elected in 2017, this time the second candidate in the 1País list (of which the Renewal Front was part).

As a national deputy, Tundis formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Population and Human Development, Disabilities, Analysis of Tax Normatives, and Elderly People.

In the aftermath of the 2019 general election, Tundis, alongside the rest of the Renewal Front, joined the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.