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Puiggrós in 2011
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Born | September 12, 1941 Buenos Aires |
Occupation | Politician, writer and academic |
Nationality | Argentina |
Adriana Puiggrós (born September 12, 1941) is an Argentinan writer, academic and politician.
Puiggrós was born in Buenos Aires in 1941. Her father was Ricardo Puiggrós who was a historian and a communist. He changed political direction and joined the Peronist party, which was anti-Marxist, during the 1950s. Her father became the rector of the University of Buenos Aires in the early 1970s and Adriana was elected dean of the Philosophy faculty.
She is a member of the Broad_Front political party and on 17 December 2011 she was elected president of the party with Alberto Weretilneck as vice-president.