Francisco Pérez (governor)
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Francisco Pérez (born May 9, 1969) is an Argentine lawyer and politician elected Governor of
Mendoza Province Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...
in 2011.


Biography

Pérez was born in
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, in 1969, to María Ercilia and Francisco Pérez. His father, with whom he shared his nickname ("Paco"), was a dentist who would be elected Mayor of San Pedro de Jujuy; the young Pérez lost his mother at age five. He enrolled at the National University of the Littoral, and earned a Law Degree in 1997; while still in Law School, he was appointed Legislative Secretary to the Mendoza Province Justicialist Party caucus participating in the historic, 1994 Constitutional Amendments Convention. He married Celina Sánchez, with whom he had two children. He established a private law practice in 1998 in Mendoza, specializing in
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, probate, and
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. He also served as legal adviser to the Provincial Health and Social Services Ministry, the Cattle Ranching Directorate, and the Consulate of Bolivia in Mendoza in subsequent years. Pérez was appointed Undersecretary of Labor for the
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with interim Governor Pablo Lanusse following a
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order signed in 2004. He returned to Mendoza the following year, and in 2007, left his private practice to accept a post as Minister of Infrastructure for the newly elected Governor
Celso Jaque Celso Alejandro Jaque (born September 24, 1960) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, former Argentine Ambassador to Colombia, former governor of Mendoza Province and a former senator. Born in Malargüe, Mendoza, Jaque graduated as ...
. Pérez became one of the most influential members of Governor Jaque's cabinet. He not only oversaw the province's public works, but also shaped its
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and
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policy. His closest ally in the Federal Government was the Director of
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, Diego Bossio; Bossio, like Pérez, had been an adviser for Jaque. Pérez was nominated to run for governor on the
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ticket ahead of elections in 2011; he chose the province's Development Minister, Carlos Ciurca, as his running mate. Their ticket was elected on October 23 with 42.8% of the vote, defeating their main rival, former Governor
Roberto Iglesias Roberto Raúl Iglesias (born 25 February 1951) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, a former leader of the party and formerly a deputy and governor of Mendoza Province. Iglesias was born in Mendoza, Argentina, and enrolled at ...
of the UCR, by over 8%. His first major policy proposal as governor was to advance an
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initiative in a bill which included provisions for a system of petitions and referendums, as well as public consultation boards.


External links

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Mendoza Province
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Francisco Pérez/Carlos Ciurca 2011


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Francisco 1969 births Living people People from Jujuy Province Argentine people of Spanish descent National University of the Littoral alumni 20th-century Argentine lawyers Justicialist Party politicians Governors of Mendoza Province 21st-century Argentine lawyers