Eduardo Macaluse

Who is Eduardo Macaluse?

Eduardo Gabriel Macaluse is an Argentine politician and teacher. He is a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and leads the Solidarity and Equality party, a grouping of dissidents from the Support for an Egalitarian Republic party, which is part of the political party 'Proyecto Sur'.

A teacher of Spanish and literature, in 1986 Macaluse founded the education trade union SUTEBA and served as its Secretary General until 1999. He was active in various education campaigns and international education organisations and in 1998 participated in the formation of the Argentine Workers' Center, a new national trade union center set up as an alternative to the Peronist-dominated General Confederation of Labour.

Macaluse was a member of the Frente Grande from its foundation in 1993, as a left-wing alliance opposed to the neo-liberal policies of President Carlos Menem. In 1999 he was elected as a National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province from the Frente's broader front, Frepaso, as part of the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education which took the Presidency with Fernando de la Rúa.