the second place of the candidates list. In 2007, she is a candidate for Vice Governor of the Province of Catamarca and is elected, becoming the first woman in history to access such a high office by popular decision. She is the first woman to preside over the Legislative Assembly, and also the first to hold the Presidency of the NOA Parliament, a regional deliberative body that brings together representatives of the provinces of Catamarca, Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Salta and Santiago del Estero. In 2009 she is elected National Senator by Catamarca, and assumes her seat in the Congress of the Nation. In 2011, she is postulated to the Governorate, and wins the elections, becoming the first woman in the history of the Province of Catamarca who comes to office through popular vote. She develops a government policy that highlights the recovery of public services, an unprecedented plan of housing construction, schools, hospitals and routes. It establishes the development of mining as a State policy, and creates a state mining company that is a model in the rest of the country. As Governor, she emphasizes social policies, and promotes an historical Reform of the Constitution of the Province to end the privileges of the political class. She is President of the Partido Justicialista of Catamarca and Vice-president of the National Council of the Partido Justicialista. In 2015, she is once again elected Governor, winning by a much wider margin than the one that established her in 2011, obtaining the most votes ever assembled in Catamarca by any candidate. Mother of family, she is the political leader with better image in the Province of Catamarca. References External links Senate profile 1959 births Living people People from Catamarca Province National University of Córdoba alumni Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine people of Lebanese descent Argentine surgeons Members of the Argentine Senate for Catamarca Justicialist Party politicians Governors of Catamarca Province Vice Governors of Catamarca Province Women members of the Argentine Senate Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Catamarca Women governors of provinces of Argentina 21st-century Argentine politicians 21st-century Argentine women politicians