María Eugenia Bielsa

María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera (born 10 March 1958) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governor Jorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also presides the provincial Senate. She is the sister of politician Rafael Bielsa and of football coach Marcelo Bielsa. Since 2019, she has served as Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat in the cabinet of Alberto Fernández.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bielsa and the second or maternal family name is Caldera.
María Eugenia Bielsa
Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat
Assumed office
10 December 2019
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byNew post
Personal details
Born (1958-03-10) 10 March 1958
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for All (2019–present)
Alma materNational University of Rosario

Bielsa is an architect, and she taught at the Faculty of Architecture of the National University of Rosario. She is married to an architect and has a son who is studying the same career.[1]

Prior to the 2005 legislative elections, President Néstor Kirchner asked Bielsa to run for a highly contested seat at the national Chamber of Deputies, but she refused, stating that she had a mandate to finish her term in the office for which she was elected.[2] Governor Obeid again asked Bielsa to run for mayor of Rosario in the 2007 general elections at the end of their term. She did not explicitly refuse or accept that request at the time,[3] [4] but eventually other mayoral candidates presented themselves instead. [5] Bielsa was elected to be a council member in Rosario's municipal election as head of the Bloque Encuentro por Rosario.

References
  1. La Capital, 18 March 2006. Mi otro yo.
  2. Clarín, 17 June 2005. María Eugenia Bielsa confirmó públicamente que no va a ser candidata.
  3. La Capital, 20 October 2006. Bielsa no descartó ser candidata a intendente de Rosario.
  4. La Capital, 21 October 2006. María Eugenia ahora no descarta ser candidata.
  5. DERF, 8 April 2007. Candidatos: Intendentes y Concejales para Santa Fe y Rosario.
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