Maximiliano Abad

Maximiliano Abad (born 30 May 1977) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician who has served as National Senator for Buenos Aires Province since 2023. He previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies for the Fifth Electoral Section from 2015 to 2023 and as a City Councillor in Mar del Plata.

Maximiliano Abad
National Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2023
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires
In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2023
Constituency	Fifth Electoral Section
President of the Buenos Aires Province Radical Civic Union Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2021
Preceded by	Daniel Salvador
Personal details
Born	(1977-05-30) 30 May 1977 (age 48) Ranchos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Radical Civic Union
Other political affiliations	UDESO (2011–2013) Cambiemos (2015–2019) Juntos por el Cambio (2019–2023)
Alma mater	National University of Mar del Plata

Early life and education

Abad was born on 30 May 1977 in Ranchos, Buenos Aires. He grew up in Santa Clara del Mar, and later moved to Mar del Plata.^[1] He studied law at the National University of Mar del Plata, and began his political activism at Franja Morada, the student wing of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). As a student activist in 2004 he was elected president of the Argentine University Federation (FUA).^[2]

Political career

Abad first ran for City Councillor of General Pueyrredón Partido (Mar del Plata) in 2007, and was re-elected in 2011 as part of the UDESO (Union for Social Development) alliance. A close ally of Ernesto Sanz and a supporter of the alliance between the UCR and Republican Proposal (which led to the creation of the Cambiemos coalition), in 2015 he was elected to the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies for the Fifth Electoral Section, which includes General Pueyrredón and much of the Buenos Aires Atlantic Coast.^[3] He was re-elected in 2019.

In 2021 he was elected president of the Buenos Aires Province Radical Civic Union committee.^[4] In the 2023 general election, Abad was elected to the Argentine Senate for Buenos Aires as the single minority seat, heading the Juntos por el Cambio list.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Maximiliano Abad

Election	Office	List		#	District	Votes			Result	Ref.
						Total	%	P.
2007	Councillor		Radical Civic Union	2	General Pueyrredón Partido	46,716	15.18%	3rd[a]	Elected	[5]
2011			UDESO	1	General Pueyrredón Partido	53,864	15.22%	3rd[a]	Elected	[6]
2015	Provincial Deputy		Cambiemos	1	Fifth Electoral Section	379,975	46.41%	1st[a]	Elected	[7]
2019			Juntos por el Cambio	1	Fifth Electoral Section	433,398	48.07%	1st[a]	Elected	[8]
2023	National Senator		Juntos por el Cambio	1	Buenos Aires Province	2,426,257	26.43%	2nd[a]	Elected	[9]

1. Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.