Ana Carmen Macri

Ana Carmen Macri
Birth:	15 July 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death:	4 February 2022 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age:	105 years, 204 days
Country:	ARG
Centenarian

Ana Carmen Macri (15 July 1916 – 4 February 2022) was an Argentine centenarian and politician. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 as one of the first group of female parliamentarians in Argentina.

Biography

Macri was born in Buenos Aires on 15 July 1916. In 1938, she started working at the Rivadavia Hospital as a secretary for the radiology department.

Macri was one of the founders of the Female Peronist Party. In the 1951 legislative elections, she was a Peronist Party candidate in the Federal Capital, and was one of the 26 women elected to the Chamber of Deputies. She remained in office until 1955, when her term was cut short by the Revolucion Libertadora. She was subsequently arrested for treason, and was jailed in the Olmos prison until 1958.

In July 2016, Macri celebrated her 100th birthday and became a centenarian. She died in Buenos Aires on 4 February 2022, at the age of 105 years, 204 days.

Gallery

Macri (center) in 1949.

Macri (right) with Eva Peron in 1951.

Macri (second from the left) with Amado Boudou and other of the first Argentine legislators in a tribute on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the death of Eva Peron in 2012.

References

• Hoy cumple años Anita Macri Instituto Nacional Juan Domingo Perón, 15 July 2013 (Archived)
• Primeras diputadas Página 12, 9 March 2018
• Falleció la exdiputada y fundadora del Partido Peronista Femenino Ana Macri Télam, 4 February 2022