Ricardo Wellbach
Ricardo Wellbach (born 15 February 1962) is an Argentine politician who was a National Deputy elected in Misiones Province from 2017 to 2021. A member of the regionalist Front for the Renewal of Concord (FRC), Wellbach previously served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Misiones from 2007 to 2011. During the 2019–2021 congressional term, Wellbach was president of the FRC parliamentary bloc in the Chamber of Deputies.[1]
Ricardo Wellbach | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2017 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Misiones |
| Provincial Deputy of Misiones | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1962 Veinticinco de Mayo, Misiones Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Front for the Renewal of Concord |
| Alma mater | Instituto Saavedra |
Wellbach was born in Veinticinco de Mayo, a city in South-Central Misiones Province. He studied Political Science at the Instituto Hernando Arias de Saavedra in Posadas, graduating with a higher technical degree in 2002. Wellbach is married to Juana Beatriz Skeppstedt and has two children.[2]
Wellbach ran for a seat in the lower house of the National Congress in the 2017 legislative election, as the first candidate in the FRC list. The FRC was the most voted alliance in the province, with 42.69% of the vote, and Wellbach was elected alongside the list's second candidate, Flavia Morales.[3][4][5]
As a national deputy, Wellbach formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Internal Security, Finances, Communications, and Tourism.[2] He was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills, which passed the Chamber in 2018 and 2020.[6][7]
References
- "Congreso: Wellbach al frente del bloque Misionero y la agenda parlamentaria". Noticias del 6 (in Spanish). 14 December 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "Ricardo Wellbach". Directorio Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "Resultados de las elecciones 2017, provincia por provincia". Clarín (in Spanish). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- "Cómo quedará conformado el Congreso a partir del 10 de diciembre". Primera Fuente (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- Azarkevich, Ernesto (22 October 2017). "Así votó cada diputado misionero el proyecto de ley de legalización del aborto y cómo lo harán los senadores". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "La despenalización del aborto dividió a los diputados misioneros". El Territorio (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "Así votó cada diputado misionero el proyecto de ley de legalización del aborto y cómo lo harán los senadores". Misiones Online (in Spanish). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.