Mercedes Mariana "Nina" Aragonés de Juárez (born 12 September 1929) is an Argentine politician who was

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Santiago del Estero Province Santiago del Estero (), also known simply as Santiago, is a province in the north of Argentina. Neighboring provinces, clockwise from the north, are Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán. History The indigenous inhabita ...

from 2002 to 2004. The wife of longtime governor and local ''

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, Aragonés was the last head of a provincial state in Argentina removed from office through

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. She was the second-ever woman to serve as governor of a province in Argentina, and the first in Santiago del Estero. She assumed office upon the resignation of Governor , in whose ticket Aragonés had been elected as vice-governor. In 2004, facing numerous accusations of corruption and embezzlement, she was removed from office by President

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through

, a constitutional mechanism wherein the federal government of Argentina can intervene in a provincial government. In addition to the governorship, she held the positions of National Deputy representing Santiago del Estero, Minister of Women's Affairs, and president of the provincial chapter of the Female Peronist Party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aragonés de Juárez, Mercedes 1929 births Living people People from Santiago del Estero Province Women governors of provinces of Argentina Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Santiago del Estero Women members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Governors of Santiago del Estero Province Vice Governors of Santiago del Estero Province