María Elisa Castro

María Elisa Castro (born November 27, 1954) is an Argentine architect and politician from the Justicialist Party (PJ), who served as national senator for the Santiago del Estero Province between 2001 and 2007.

[1][2] María Elisa Castro was born in Añatuya, Santiago del Estero Province, in 1954.

In 1987, she was appointed Social Technical Secretary of the Provincial Institute of Housing and Urbanism (IPVU), and in 1989, undersecretary of Promotion and Assistance to the Community of the provincial Ministry of Social Welfare and undersecretary of Women.

In 1998, she became president of the IPVU, and the following year, Governor Carlos Arturo Juárez appointed her Minister of Public Works and Services of Santiago del Estero Province.

She was a member of the Intersectoral Articulation commission; Internal Security and Drug Trafficking; of Regional Economies, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Population and Human Development; and Environment and Sustainable Development.