Mirta Tundis
Mirta Tundis (born 7 September 1956) is an Argentine journalist and politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of the Renewal Front, she was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Early and personal life Tundis was born on 7 September 1956 in Buenos Aires, to a family of Italian descent, and grew up in Villa Insuperable, a working-class neighbourhood in La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province. She was married from 1974 to 1994; Tundis has been open about her experiences with gender-based violence at the hands of her (now deceased) ex-husband. She has two children. Journalism career Tundis' career in journalism began in the 1990s. Despite her lack of higher studies, she specialized in pensioners' affairs with segments in Canal 13 and TN. She would later anchor the segment Mirta Móvil, where she interviewed passersby in public squares on pensioners' issues. Tundis worked at Radio Mitre from 2003 to 2007, and in 2008, she began hosting her own programme, Mirta te Acompaña, in Cablevisión's Metro channel. Political career Tundis was chief of press in the Comprehensive Medical Attention Program (PAMI) from 1994 to 2013. Ahead of the 2013 legislative election, Tundis was