Ignacio Agustín “Nacho” Torres (born 4 May 1988) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy representing Chubut Province. A member of Republican Proposal, Torres was elected in 2019. In 2021, he was elected to the Senate for Chubut.
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Torres was born on 4 May 1988 in Trelew, Chubut Province. He grew up in the Los Olmos neighbourhood of Trelew, and studied at Escuela 199 and Escuela 712.[1] He counts with a degree (2012) on administrative analysis and a licenciate degree (2013) on business administration from the Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE).[2]
In 2015, he became president of the Chubut chapter of Fundación Pensar, the official think tank of Republican Proposal (PRO); he held the position until 2020. In 2015, he was also appointed executive director of the Chubut PAMI, a position he held until 2017.[3] From March to December 2019, he was coordinator of the Patagonian Development Table of the Interior Ministry, under then-minister Rogelio Frigerio.[2]
In the 2019 legislative election, Torres ran in the Juntos por el Cambio list (of which PRO formed part) to the Chamber of Deputies in Chubut as the first candidate.[4] Torres’ list came second in the general election, with 32.29% of the vote against the Frente de Todos‘ 53.45%, enough for Torres to be elected.[5] He was sworn in on 4 December 2019. Upon being sworn in, he became the youngest deputy in Congress, at 31 years old.[1]
As a deputy, Torres formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Transport, Regional Economies and Development, Elderly People, Consumer Rights and Competition, Tax Norms, and Maritime Interests.[2] He was an opponent of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalized abortion in Argentina.[6]
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