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Silvia Majdalani
Silvia Majdalani
Vice-director of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina
	In office; 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
President	Mauricio Macri
Preceded by	Juan Martín Mena
National Deputy
	In office; 10 December 2009 – 10 December 2015
Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires
	In office; 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2009
Personal details
Born	2 November 1958 (age 66); Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Political party	Republican Proposal
Alma mater	University of Belgrano; Argentine University of Enterprise

Silvia Cristina Majdalani (born 2 November 1958) is an Argentine politician. A member of Republican Proposal (PRO), she served as deputy director of the Federal Intelligence Agency during the presidency of Mauricio Macri.^[1] Majdalani was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2009 to 2015.

Biography

Majdalani was born on 2 November 1958 was born in the neighborhood of Belgrano, into a family of Lebanese origin. She finished high school at St. Catherine's School, where she attained a national high school degree in Arts and Science.

Once she finished high school, she studied social communication and business administration at the University of Belgrano (UB), and Public Relations at the Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE).

Career

In 2003, after working in the public and in the private sector, she was elected for the first time as Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires as part of the Republican Proposal list. She was re-elected to a second term in 2007.

In 2009, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina as part of the Republican Proposal list. She was a member of the parliamentary commissions on Social Action and Public Health, Transport, National Defense and Homeland Security. Majdalani was re-elected in 2013.

Since 2011, due to her specialization in the subject, she was appointed to the Bicameral Commission of Fiscalization of Intelligence Entities and Activities.^[2] On December 3, 2015, elected president Mauricio Macri announced her designation as Deputy Director of the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI).