13 Facts About Margarita Stolbizer

Margarita Stolbizer was born on 17 March 1955 and is an Argentine lawyer and politician.

Margarita Stolbizer has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina on three occasions: from 1997 to 2005, from 2009 to 2017, and since 2021.

Margarita Stolbizer was born in the western Buenos Aires suburb of Moron, in 1955.

Margarita Stolbizer enrolled at the Universidad de Moron and graduated in 1978, after which she taught at her alma mater's law school for four years.

Margarita Stolbizer was later named staff counsel to the Infrastructure Contracts Investigations Committee of the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires, and took part in ILO conferences on the subjects of labor rights and corruption, as well as the Human Rights Commission of the Latin American Parliament.

Margarita Stolbizer supported Alfonsin's initiative to create an alliance with the center-left Frepaso and was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, in 1997.

Margarita Stolbizer was named to numerous committees dealing with legal and constitutional rights, and was eventually named President of the Penal Legislation Committee.

Margarita Stolbizer was strongly opposed to the President's crisis decision to return Domingo Cavallo to the Economy Ministry, in March 2001.

Margarita Stolbizer represented the Argentine Congress in the 2002 conference of Parliamentarians for Global Action in Stockholm, and was named Vice President of their International Council.

Margarita Stolbizer was nominated by the UCR as a candidate for the office of Governor of Buenos Aires Province for the 2003 elections, though fallout from President de la Rua's chaotic, December 2001 resignation helped relegate her to fourth place.

Margarita Stolbizer developed increasing differences with the UCR's leadership and in 2005, unsuccessfully challenged former President Alfonsin for the post of head of the Buenos Aires Province delegation to the UCR Central Committee.

Margarita Stolbizer continued her policy for fostering alliances with former rivals: in 2007, she led her GEN party into Carrio's Civic Coalition, which grew into the largest opposition to Nestor and Cristina Kirchner's ruling Front for Victory; she secured an alliance with Ricardo Alfonsin, a leading UCR figure and son of the late former President, ahead of the 2009 legislative elections.

Margarita Stolbizer's son, Nicolas Laprovittola, is a professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague and for the Argentine national basketball team.