Óscar Mario Jorge (born 14 July 1936) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...

politician who was

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La Pampa Province La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza. History In ...

from 2007 to 2015. Born in Caleufú,

La Pampa La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza. History I ...

, Jorge enrolled at the

National University of La Pampa The National University of La Pampa ( es, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, UNLPAM) is an Argentine national university, situated in the city of Santa Rosa, capital of La Pampa Province La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina ...

, and earned a degree in

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. He taught in the discipline from 1965 to 1986, and served as

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of the Province from 1973 to 1976. Jorge was appointed as provincial Economy Minister by governor

Rubén Marín Rubén Hugo Marín (born May 1, 1934) is a former Argentines, Argentine Senator for La Pampa Province. He was also a governor of the province on two occasions. Marín, a lawyer by profession, is a member of the Argentina, Argentine Justicialist Par ...

in 1983, serving until 1989, and was named

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of the

. He was elected as Mayor of

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, capital of La Pampa, in 1991, and served for three consecutive terms until 2003. He was then appointed as President of the Bank of La Pampa. In 2007, Jorge beat his former mentor Rubén Marín in the Justicialist primary for the governorship of La Pampa. He was elected, besting

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Senator Juan Carlos Marino, and again defeated Marino for re-election in 2011.

External links

Gobierno de la Provincia de La Pampa

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jorge, Oscar 1936 births Living people People from La Pampa Province Argentine accountants National University of La Pampa faculty Justicialist Party politicians Governors of La Pampa Province Mayors of places in Argentina