Marcela Losardo

Marcela Losardo
Argentine Ambassador to UNESCO
In office
16 July 2021 – 10 December 2023
Preceded byFernando Solanas
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office
10 December 2019 – 29 March 2021
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byGermán Garavano
Succeeded byMartín Soria
Secretary of Justice
In office
18 May 2005 – 5 August 2009
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded byMaría José Rodríguez
Succeeded byHéctor Masquelet
Councillor of Magistracy
In office
19 November 2006 – 5 August 2009
Appointed byNational Executive Power
Personal details
Born (1958-08-24) 24 August 1958 (age 66)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyIndependent[1]
Frente de Todos (since 2019)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires

Marcela Miriam Losardo (born 24 August 1958) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. She served as the country's Minister of Justice and Human Rights from 10 December 2019 to 29 March 2021, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández. In 2021, she was appointed as Argentina's representative to UNESCO.[2]

Early life and education

Losardo was born in Buenos Aires in 1958.[3] She played tennis in high school and attended the Lenguas Vivas school system.[4] She studied law at the University of Buenos Aires School of Law, where she met future Argentine president Alberto Fernández, with whom she would later set up a bureau.[5][6]

Political career

Losardo worked alongside Alberto Fernández in the insurance superintendency from 1989 to 1996; from then on she worked in his staff during his term in the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2003 to 2005.[7]

In 2005 she was appointed Secretary of Justice, working under the successive administrations of justice ministers Horacio Rosatti, Alberto Iribarne, Aníbal Fernández and Julio Alak.[3][8] In 2006 she served as the Executive Power's representative to the Council of Magistracy.[4][7] She left the secretariat in 2009 at the behest of Alak; her successor was Héctor Masquelet.[9][10]

Minister of Justice and Human Rights

On 6 December 2019 it was announced Losardo was going to be the new Minister of Justice and Human Rights in the incoming cabinet of President Alberto Fernández, succeeding Germán Garavano.[11] She assumed office alongside the rest of the new cabinet on 10 December 2019.

As justice minister, Losardo has spearheaded the Fernández government's proposed reform of the justice system.[12][13] The reform project is currently being debated in the Argentine Senate.[14]

In March 2021, Losardo announced she was stepping down as Minister. She was succeeded by Martín Soria on 29 March 2021.[15]

Personal life

Losardo is married to Fernando Mitjans, a scrivener whom she met while studying in university.[8][16] Losardo and Mitjans have a daughter, Clara, who is also a lawyer.[4][16]

References

  1. ^ Rodríguez Niell, Paz (6 December 2019). "Marcela Losardo, alter ego dialoguista de Fernández". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "El Senado aprobó los nombramientos de Marcela Losardo y Guillermo Nielsen como embajadores". Infobae (in Spanish). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Marcela Losardo, Ministra de Justicia". panoramaregistral.com.ar (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Hauser, Irina (7 December 2019). "Marcela Losardo, la próxima ministra de Justicia". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Marcela Losardo, el cerebro jurídico de Alberto Fernández". La Política Online (in Spanish). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Sigue la caza de albertistas: echan a Marcela Losardo de Justicia". La Política Online (in Spanish). 5 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Socia de Alberto F representa al PEN en el Consejo". Perfil (in Spanish). 19 November 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Quién es Marcela Losardo, la ministra de Justicia". Ámbito (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Renunció Marcela Losardo". Infobae (in Spanish). 5 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Alberto F. perdió el último eslabón en el gabinete". Ámbito (in Spanish). 6 August 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. ^ Espósito, Néstor (6 December 2019). "Quién es Marcela Losardo y cuál es su plan como ministra de Justicia en el nuevo Gobierno". A24 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  12. ^ Argento, Analia (4 August 2020). "Marcela Losardo defendió la reforma judicial en el Senado: "No hay ninguna posibilidad de designar jueces a dedo"". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Losardo: el Gobierno quiere que los ciudadanos cuenten con una "justicia eficiente"". Télam (in Spanish). 4 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  14. ^ Ybarra, Gustavo (20 August 2020). "El kirchnerismo aprobó el dictamen de la reforma judicial y buscará votarla en el Senado la semana que viene". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Asumió Soria. "Losardo hizo exactamente lo que yo le pedí", afirmó Alberto Fernández". La Nación (in Spanish). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Cómo piensa Marcela Losardo, número puesto para el ministerio de Justicia de Alberto". Perfil (in Spanish). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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Preceded by Secretary of Justice
2005–2009 		Succeeded by
Héctor Masquelet
Preceded by Minister of Justice and Human Rights
2019–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Argentine Ambassador to UNESCO
2021–2023 		Succeeded by
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