Teresa Nicolasa Quintela (born 26 January 1950, in La Rioja) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician.

She sat in the Argentine Senate representing La Rioja Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory from 2005 to 2011.

[citation needed] She held various social work and administrative roles in La Rioja after the return of democracy.

[1] In 1995 Quintela was elected as a La Rioja city councillor, but soon joined the provincial government as Secretary of State for social development until 1998.

[1] In November 2009 Argentinian Legislators passed a law which would change the minimum age to be brought to trial from 18 to 14.