Ana María Pechen de D'Angelo (born 19 June 1949)[1] is an Argentine biochemist and former politician who served as Vice Governor of Neuquén Province from 2007 to 2015, under Governor Jorge Sapag.
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.
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.
[4][5] Ahead of the 2013 legislative election, she unsuccessfully ran to be the MPN's senatorial candidate, ultimately losing to Guillermo Pereyra.
[6] Following the end of her second term, Pechen retired from electoral politics and returned to her research positions.