Rossana Chahla
Rossana Chahla | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of San Miguel de Tucumán | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Germán Alfaro |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2021 – 28 October 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Elia Mansilla |
| Minister of Public Health of Tucumán Province | |
| In office 29 October 2015 – 7 December 2021 | |
| Governor | Juan Manzur |
| Preceded by | Pablo Yedlin |
| Succeeded by | Luis Medina Ruiz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rossana Elena Chahla 3 April 1966 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Peronist Loyalty Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Unión por la Patria (2023–present) |
| Spouse | Marcelo San Pedro |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Elías Chahla Amelia Testa |
| Education | Doctorate in Medicine (Gynaecology) Master in Medical Education Diploma in Direction of Health Systems |
| Alma mater | National University of Tucumán |
| Occupation | Gynaecologist |
| Website | rossanachahla.com.ar |
Rossana Elena Chahla (born 3 April 1966) is an Argentine gynaecologist and politician. A member of the Justicialist Party, she has been serving as Mayor of San Miguel de Tucumán since 2023, the first woman to hold the office. She was previously a National Deputy from 2021 to 2023 representing Tucumán Province for the Frente de Todos and, before that, the Public Health Minister of Tucumán Province between 2015 and 2019.
As a physician, she specialized in reproductive medicine, colposcopy, obstetrics and public health and is a titular professor of the chair of Gynaecology of the National University of Tucumán, a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists since 2011 and a member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. She was President of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Tucumán between 2000 and 2002 and Director of the Institute of Maternity and Gynaecology "Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes" between 2003 and 2015.