Soledad Martínez

Soledad Martínez
Mayor of Vicente López
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2021
Interim: 1 December 2021 – 1 June 2023
Preceded byJorge Macri
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2009 – 10 December 2017
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Personal details
Born (1982-09-14) 14 September 1982
Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar, Argentina
Political party
Other political
affiliations		Juntos por el Cambio (since 2015)

Soledad Martínez (born 14 September 1982) is an Argentine politician who is the current intendenta (mayor) of Vicente López Partido, in Buenos Aires Province. She is a member of Republican Proposal (PRO).

Martínez previously served as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province from 2009 to 2017.

Early life and career

Martínez was born in Buenos Aires on 14 September 1982 and grew up in Ciudad Jardín, Buenos Aires, where she completed her primary and secondary education. While her family identifies with Peronism, she does not consider herself a Peronist.[1]

Her political involvement began in 2002 following Argentina's economic crisis, when she joined the Fundación Creer y Crecer and met Jorge Macri, a future leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party. Between 2010 and 2013, she served as national president of Jóvenes PRO, the party's youth wing.[1]

Political career

In the 2007 elections, she ran as a councilor candidate in Tres de Febrero Partido, supporting Francisco de Narváez's gubernatorial campaign, and won a seat. She became president of PRO's bloc in the local council. For the 2009 legislative elections, she was the 13th candidate on Unión PRO national deputy list for Buenos Aires Province, led by De Narváez. The list received 34.58% of votes, securing her a seat in Congress, which she assumed on 10 December 2009.[2]

During the 2011 elections, she served as campaign manager for Jorge Macri's successful mayoral bid in Vicente López, where she subsequently relocated. In the 2013 legislative elections, through an agreement between PRO and the Renewal Front, she ran alongside Sergio Massa and other PRO figures, winning a seat with 43.95% of votes in 6th position.[3]

In 2017, she headed Cambiemos' councilor list in Vicente López with Jorge Macri's support, becoming the most voted councilor candidate in Buenos Aires Province with 60.82% of votes. She led the ruling party's bloc in the council.[4] In February 2019, she resigned her council seat to become Secretary of Social Development in Vicente López municipality.

Mayor of Vicente López

She ran as Jorge Macri's running mate in the 2019 mayoral campaign for Juntos por el Cambio, winning with 62.54% of votes.[5] She served as councilor and bloc leader until December 2021, when she became interim mayor upon Macri's resignation to become Cabinet Chief for Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.[6] On 1 June 2023, following Jorge Macri's official resignation, she became the mayor of Vicente López.

In the August 2023 primary elections (PASO), she was one of two candidates in Buenos Aires Province to receive support from both Juntos por el Cambio presidential candidates, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Patricia Bullrich.[7] She won the October 2023 general election with 49.87% of votes.[8]

On 19 March 2024, she assumed the position of PRO Vice President under Mauricio Macri's leadership.[9]

Electoral history

Executive

Electoral history of Soledad Martínez
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2023 Mayor of Vicente López Together for Change 86,444 49.84% 1st Elected [10]

Legislative

Electoral history of Soledad Martínez
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2007 Councillor PRO Union 2 Tres de Febrero Partido 18,576 10.84% 3rd[a] Elected [11]
2009 National Deputy PRO Union 13 Buenos Aires Province 2,606,632 34.68% 1st[a] Elected [12]
2013 Renewal Front 6 Buenos Aires Province 3,943,056 43.95% 1st[a] Elected [13]
2017 Councillor Cambiemos 1 Vicente López Partido 110,585 60.81% 1st[a] Elected [14]
2019 Together for Change 1 Vicente López Partido 116,048 62.49% 1st[a] Elected [15]
  1. ^ a b c d e Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ a b Pertot, Werner (17 May 2009). "La generación de los treinta y pico". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Quiénes son, qué hicieron (I): los 35 diputados electos en Buenos Aires". NCN | Noticias Congreso Nacional (in Spanish). 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Macristas acordaron con Massa para "ponerle un freno al kirchnerismo"". Letra P (in Spanish). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  4. ^ Tiscornia, Sol (23 October 2017). "Resultado en la Provincia de Buenos Aires: de diputada récord a ser la candidata más votada del Conurbano". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  5. ^ Zanguitu, Gabriela (27 October 2019). "Resultado de elecciones 2019: Jorge Macri y Posse consolidan sus bastiones macristas". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Asumió en Vicente López Soledad Martínez, la bendecida por Jorge Macri". Letra P (in Spanish). 2 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  7. ^ Oliva, María Laura (3 August 2023). "Soledad Martínez: la intendenta que busca continuar su gestión al frente del municipio de Vicente López". Gazeta Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  8. ^ Lapuente, Pablo (22 October 2023). "Soledad Martínez arrasó y retiene Vicente López para el PRO". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  9. ^ "La vice del PRO fulminó a Larreta y habló de "estafa" a los porteños". El Cronista (in Spanish). 15 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Escrutinio definitivo 2019" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Escrutinio definitivo 2005" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Elecciones 2009". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Elecciones 2013". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Escrutinio definitivo 2005" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Escrutinio definitivo 2005" (PDF). juntaelectoral.gba.gov.ar (in Spanish). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
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