Bettina Romero

Bettina Romero
Mayor of Salta
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2019
Preceded byGustavo Sáenz
Provincial Deputy of Salta
In office
24 November 2017 – 23 November 2019
ConstituencyCapital Department
Personal details
Born (1978-07-19) 19 July 1978 (age 46)
Salta, Argentina
Political partySalta Nos Une (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations		Juntos por el Cambio (since 2015)
Alma materUniversidad de Belgrano

Bettina Inés Romero (born 19 July 1978) is an Argentine lawyer and politician, currently serving as mayor of Salta. She is the first woman to hold the post in the city's history.[1]

She is part of a political family in Salta Province; her father is former governor of Salta Province Juan Carlos Romero, himself the son of another governor, Roberto Romero.

Early life

Bettina Inés Romero was born on 19 July 1978 in Salta, daughter of Juan Carlos Romero and Carmen Marcuzzi. She was born into a political family: Juan Carlos was governor of Salta Province and currently serves as a National Senator, both positions also held by his father, Roberto Romero (1927–1922).[2]

She studied law at the Universidad de Belgrano, later completing a master's degree in South American political economy from Georgetown University.[1]

Political career

Romero began her political activism in various NGOs. She served as director for the Argentine Northwest Region of the Ministry of Social Development during the government of President Mauricio Macri. In 2017, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Salta in the Capital Department as part of the Salta Nos Une ("Salta Unites Us") list.[3] In November 2017, she was elected as the lower chamber's representative to the Salta Province Council of Magistracy.[4]

In 2019, she ran for mayor of the City of Salta, hoping to succeed Gustavo Sáenz, whose successful gubernatorial candidacy she supported. She won the Salta Nos Une primaries in August, and later, in November, she won the mayorship with 52.6% of the vote against the Frente de Todos candidate, David Leiva.[5][6]

Personal life

Romero is married to wine merchant Francisco Lavaque, with whom she has three children.[2]

Electoral history

Executive

Electoral history of Bettina Romero
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2019 Mayor of Salta Salta Nos Une 148,964 52.60% 1st Elected [7]

Legislative

Electoral history of Bettina Romero
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2017 Provincial Deputy A Change for Salta 1 Capital Department 63,634 21.40% 1st[a] Elected [7]
  1. ^ Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ a b Iglesias, Mariana (13 April 2020). "Bettina Romero: "Soy la primera intendenta mujer de la historia de Salta y eso no le gusta a los machistas"". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Olivera, Lucila (24 June 2021). "Bettina Romero. La primera intendenta de Salta asegura: "La política es un mundo hostil para las mujeres"". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Bettina Romero, la más votada en la categoría de diputados". El Tribuno (in Spanish). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Bettina apuesta al consenso más que nunca". FM899 (in Spanish). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ^ "La intendencia puede más | Bettina Romero y Martín Grande dejan de lado las diferencias y fortalecen el espacio". Cuarto (in Spanish). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Bettina Romero se quedó con la intendencia de Salta". Página 12 (in Spanish). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Escrutinio Definitivo". electoralsalta.gob.ar (in Spanish). Tribunal Electoral de la Provincia de Salta. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Salta
2019–present 		Incumbent