Hugo Omar Cóccaro (4 May 1954 – 21 July 2019) was an

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(PJ) politician, who served as governor of Tierra del Fuego Province (formerly Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands).

Life

Born in Saladillo,

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, Cóccaro relocated to Tierra del Fuego at age 20 with his brother, with whom he started a construction firm.''Clarín: Monitor electoral''
He later purchased the San Justo Estancia, a lenga beech sawmill near Río Grande. He had four daughters, and his marriage ended in separation. Cóccaro entered politics in 2003, when he was elected vice-governor under Governor Jorge Colazo of the

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(UCR). He fell out with Colazo, however, and there were public rows between them. He became acting governor of Tierra del Fuego on 25 October 2005, when Colazo was suspended, and was confirmed in the post on 2 December. His tenure was marked by its failed support for RENASA, a provincial

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concern, and a subsequent

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. Cóccaro was not removed in his impeachment. Cóccaro ran for reelection in 2007, and won the first round; but he was defeated in the runoff by Fabiana Ríos, the first woman to be elected governor in the history of Argentina. Cóccaro died on 21 July 2019 in

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at the age of 65. The cause was

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.Falleció el ex gobernador de la Provincia Hugo Cóccaro

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Tierra de Fuego Province
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coccaro, Hugo 1954 births 2019 deaths People from Buenos Aires Province Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine businesspeople Governors of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Vice governors of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Justicialist Party politicians Impeached governors Impeached Argentine officials