Luis Carlos Petcoff Naidenoff (born 13 July 1967) is an
Argentine lawyer and politician. He is
National Senator and is the leader of the opposition political coalition
Juntos por el Cambio
( en, Together for Change) is a centre-right political coalition in Argentina. It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos ( en, Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and ...
in the
Senate.
Born in rural
El Colorado
El Colorado is a settlement in northern Argentina. It is located in Formosa Province
Formosa Province () is a province in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Formosa's northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay, and the pro ...
, Petcoff Naidenoff studied in El Colorado and
Corrientes
Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It ha ...
, and graduated as a lawyer at the
Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE). He worked as a lawyer in
Formosa. He served as President of the Association of Young Lawyers 1996–98.
Petcoff Naidenoff was elected as a Formosa city councillor in 1999 and headed the UCR caucus, serving until 2003. He was elected to the Argentine Senate in 2005. He was the UCR candidate for Governor of Formosa in 2007, with Ana Elena Caligaris as his running mate; he lost to
Gildo Insfrán
Gildo Insfrán (born 19 January 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who has been Governor of Formosa Province since 1995.
Having been close to former President Carlos Menem, Insfrán later became close to President Néstor ...
. Petcoff was elected president of the UCR caucus in the Senate in 2011.
Personal life
Petcoff Naidenoff is of
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
n descent.
He was married to Cinthya Sonaridio, a fellow graduate of UNNE; they had a daughter and a son. On 18 June, 2018, his wife Cinthya and their son were found dead in their home in Formosa. Initial reports suggested they had succumbed to
monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in carbon monoxide (CO) at excessive levels. Symptoms are often described as "flu-like" and commonly include headache, dizziness, weakness, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion. Large e ...
.
In 2022 he got engaged to fellow senator
Carolina Losada
Carolina Losada (born 16 December 1972) is an Argentine politician, television presenter and journalist.
Personal life
She is engaged to fellow senator Luis Petcoff Naidenoff.
See also
* List of Argentine senators, 2021–2023
This is lis ...
.
National Senator
In 2005 he was elected National Senator for the Province of Formosa and re-elected in 2011 and 2017. He also appeared as a candidate for governor of Formosa in 2007 and 2015, losing both times against Gildo Insfrán, who has governed the province since 1995.
Currently it integrates 15 commissions, being one of the legislators with greater participation in the commissions of the Chamber.
Since 2015 he is the leader of Cambiemos in the Senate of the Nation.
Since its assumption, it presented 262 Draft Law, in addition to numerous communication and declaration projects.
He was recognized with the Parliamentary Award for his legislative activity in the years 2009 and 2016.
External links
Senate profile
References
1967 births
Living people
People from Formosa Province
Argentine people of Bulgarian descent
National University of the Northeast alumni
20th-century Argentine lawyers
Members of the Argentine Senate for Formosa
Radical Civic Union politicians
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