Verónica Magario

Verónica María Magario (born 26 May 1969) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province, alongside Governor Axel Kicillof, since 10 December 2019. From 2015 to 2019, Magario was intendente (mayor) of La Matanza, the most populous partido in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

She was also a National Deputy from 2013 to 2015, and member of the La Matanza city council from 2011 to 2013.

Early life and education Verónica María Magario was born on 26 May 1969 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, in Santa Fe Province. She spent most of her childhood in San Isidro and Ramos Mejía, but after the 1976 coup d'état, her family was forced into exile in Mexico, where she lived for eight years. Magario attended the Otto Krause Technical School and graduated with a technical degree on chemistry, which she used to work as a high school teacher.

In 2011 she was elected to the La Matanza city council, which she went on to preside.

Mayor of La Matanza At the 2015 municipal election, running as the Front for Victory's mayoral candidate, Magario received 47.54% of the vote, defeating the Cambiemos candidate by over 20 points. She succeeded Fernando Espinoza on 12 December 2015 to become La Matanza's first woman mayor. As mayor, she rejected the proposal to split the partido introduced by GEN provincial deputy Marcelo Díaz.

She was the first Citizen's Unity candidate for the La Matanza city council at the 2017 legislative election; the candidacy was unsuccessfully denounced as "testimonial" before the provincial Electoral Tribunal.

Vice governor of Buenos Aires Ahead of the 2019 general election, Magario was chosen as Axel Kicillof's running mate in the Frente de Todos list for the governorship of Buenos Aires. The Kicillof–Magario ticket won 52.15% of the vote, against incumbent governor María Eugenia Vidal's 38.49%. She took office alongside Kicillof on 11 December 2019.

Electoral history Executive + Election Office List Votes Result . Total % . 2015 Mayor of La Matanza Front for Victory 352,422 47.74% 1st 2019 Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Frente de Todos 5,274,511 52.40% 1st 2023 Union for the Homeland 4,233,092 44.88% 1st

Legislative + Election Office List District Votes Result . Total % . 2011 Councillor Front for Victory 1 La Matanza Partido 392,535 60.56% 1st 2013 National Deputy Front for Victory 3 Buenos Aires Province 2,900,494 32.33% 2nd 2017 Councillor Unidad Ciudadana 1 La Matanza Partido 397,298 50.02% 1st