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Ana María Pechen de D'Angelo (born 19 June 1949) is an Argentine biochemist and former politician who served as Vice Governor of Neuquén Province from 2007 to 2015, under Governor Jorge Sapag. She also served as rector of the National University of Comahue (UNCo) from 2002 to 2006.

Early life and education

Born in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Pechen studied biochemistry at the Universidad Nacional del Sur, graduating with a licenciatura and later completing her PhD in the same university in 1976.

Career

She later became a professor at the UNCo, in Neuquén. In addition, she is a scholar at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council.

In the 2007 provincial elections, she was the running mate of Jorge Sapag in the Neuquén People's Movement (MPN) ticket to the governorship of Neuquén. The MPN ticket won 48.27% of the vote, and upon taking office on 10 December 2007, she became the first female vice governor of Neuquén. As vice governor, Pechen was the constitutionally-recognized president of the provincial legislature. Sapag and Pechen were re-elected in 2011 with 48.88% of the vote. Ahead of the 2013 legislative election, she unsuccessfully ran to be the MPN's senatorial candidate, ultimately losing to Guillermo Pereyra.

Following the end of her second term, Pechen retired from electoral politics and returned to her research positions. She currently works as a lavender producer.

References

1. ^ "Dra. ANA MARÍA PECHEN DE D'ANGELO" (PDF). Legislatura de la Provincia del Neuquén (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
2. Groch, Damián (2019). "El accionar político frente a los flujos de detritos del norte neuquino Entrevista a la Dra. Ana M. Pechen". Revista Universitaria de Geografía (in Spanish). 28 (2): 155-160. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
3. "Neuquén: también triunfó Sapag sobre kirchneristas". Ámbito (in Spanish). 4 June 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
4. "Jorge Sapag y Ana Pechén fueron reelectos". Gobierno de la Provincia del Neuquén (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
5. Lantos, Nicolás (13 June 2011). "Sapag ganó por amplia diferencia a Farizano". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
6. "La foto que hizo recordar la friccionada interna del MPN en las PASO 2013". Diario Río Negro (in Spanish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
7. "Ana Pechen expone en Buenos Aires sobre Vaca Muerta". Va con firma (in Spanish). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
8. "Pechen rechazó ser candidata, pidió líderes formados y apostó a las mujeres jóvenes". Diario Río Negro (in Spanish). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
9. Maqueda, Guadalupe (11 September 2021). "La nueva vida de Ana Pechen como productora de lavandas". LM Neuquén (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
10. Pizarro, Jorge (4 October 2021). "Ana Pechen inició una nueva vida como productora de lavandas". Radio Rivadavia (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2022.

External links

• Profile at the website of the Legislature of Neuquén (archived) (in Spanish)
• Ana Pechen on Twitter

• 1949 births
• Living people
• Argentine biochemists
• People from Bahía Blanca
• Neuquén People's Movement politicians
• Universidad Nacional del Sur alumni
• Academic staff of Universidad Nacional del Sur
• Academic staff of the National University of Comahue
• 21st-century Argentine politicians
• 21st-century Argentine women politicians