Martín Antonio Berhongaray (born 6 March 1978), is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in La Pampa since 2019. He is a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). Berhongaray previously served as a member of La Pampa's provincial legislature, and as president of the UCR Committee of Santa Rosa.
Martín Berhongaray | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | La Pampa |
| Provincial Deputy of La Pampa | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1978 Santa Rosa, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Other political affiliations | Juntos por el Cambio (2015–present) |
| Alma mater | Argentine Catholic University |
Early life and education
Berhongaray was born on 6 March 1978 in the capital of La Pampa Province, Santa Rosa.[1] His father was Antonio Berhongaray (1942–2017), a prominent Radical Civic Union politician who was a National Senator for La Pampa and served as Secretary of Agriculture during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa.[2] His mother, Delia Braun de Berhongaray, was also active in politics and served in the Provincial Chamber of Deputies in 2003.[3]
Berhongaray studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. He is married and has two children.[1]
Political career
Berhongaray was elected to the Provincial Chamber of Deputies in 2007,[4] and was re-elected in 2011 and 2015.[5][6] He was also president of the Radical Civic Union Committee of Santa Rosa.[1]
Berhongaray headed one of the UCR lists in the Cambiemos P.A.S.O. primaries ahead of the 2017 Chamber of Deputies election, but lost to the PRO list, headed by Martín Maquieyra.[7]
In the 2019 legislative election, Berhongaray ran in the Juntos por el Cambio list to the Chamber of Deputies in La Pampa as the first candidate.[8] The Juntos por el Cambio list was the second-most voted, with 39.42% of the vote, enough for just Berhongaray to be elected.[9]
As a national deputy, Berhongaray formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Natural Resources, Energy and Fuels, Elderly People, and Communications.[1] He was an opponent of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.[10]