Emilio Alberto Rached (born 2 June 1959 in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

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) is an

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politician, formerly of the

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. Elected for the

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, he sat in the

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representing

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and supporting the majority block of the

Front for Victory The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wer ...

from 2007 to 2013. Rached was born in Rosario but soon after his family returned to

. His father's parents, of Lebanese origin, had settled in

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(Pinto) in 1921 and Rached grew up there. He studied at primary and secondary schools in Rosario and began studies to become a lawyer at the

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but did not finish. At 22 he became President of his local football club, Club Atlético Social Pinto. From 1981 Rached became active in student and community politics, ahead of the return to democracy. In 1983, he joined the Radical Civic Union (UCR). In 1985 he was elected to take part in the constitutional reform. In 1993 he was elected as a Pinto councillor and in 1995 he was elected as Mayor of Pinto and served for ten years. In 2005 he stood as running mate to

Gerardo Zamora Gerardo Zamora (born 6 January 1964) is an Argentine politician from Santiago del Estero Province. Governor of Santiago del Estero since 2005, he was a member of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR). Early life and education Born in rural Bowe ...

for the governorship of the province. Although both Radicals, they headed the

, an alliance of Radicals and

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which supported then national President

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. Zamora in particular is identified as a leading ' Radical K'. Elected as vice-governor, in 2007 Rached was elected to the Argentine Senate, again for the Civic Front. He and his fellow Civic Front senator Ada Del Valle Itúrrez form their own block but support the Kirchners' Front for Victory in opposition to the UCR block.

External links

Senate profile

References

1959 births Living people People from Rosario, Santa Fe Members of the Argentine Senate for Santiago del Estero Mayors of places in Argentina Radical Civic Union politicians Vice Governors of Santiago del Estero Province {{Argentina-mayor-stub