1. Alejandro Ariel Vilca was born on 5 July 1976 and is an Argentine activist, garbage worker, trade unionist and politician, active in the Socialist Workers' Party.
11 Facts About Alejandro Vilca
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Alejandro Vilca was born on 5 July 1976 in San Salvador de Jujuy, the capital of Jujuy Province.
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Alejandro Vilca's family belongs to the Qulla people, one of the many indigenous peoples who inhabit the Argentine Northwest.
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From 1996, Alejandro Vilca became an active member of the PTS, regularly attending protests and picketing organised by the unemployed, teachers and state workers of San Juan.
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Alejandro Vilca was forced to drop out of university and return to Jujuy due to economic hardships, and upon his return, he began organising the PTS in his home province.
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Alejandro Vilca sought to share the anti-capitalist and socialist ideals he had forged during his time in university.
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Alejandro Vilca became an employee at the San Salvador municipal government.
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Four years later, in 2015, Alejandro Vilca was the first candidate in the FIT list to the provincial legislature.
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Ahead of the 2017 legislative election, Alejandro Vilca was nominated as the first candidate in the FIT list to both the National Chamber of Deputies and the Legislature of Jujuy.
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Alejandro Vilca was sworn in as deputy on 4 December 2017.
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Alejandro Vilca was elected, and he was sworn in as deputy on 7 December 2021.