Roy Abelardo Nikisch (born 1951) is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...
senator, who served as governor of
Chaco Province
Chaco (; Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( es, provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country.
It is borde ...
between 2003 and 2007.
Nikisch was mayor of
Tres Isletas and later served as vice governor of Chaco under
Ángel Rozas
Ángel Rozas (born 22 March 1950) is a retired Argentine politician. A member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Rozas was Governor of Chaco Province from 1995 to 2003, and served as a National Senator for Chaco from 2013 to 2019.
Rozas was born ...
until 2003.
In 2003, Nikisch was elected governor of the province with 53% of the vote, leading the
Alianza Frente de Todos to victory over
Jorge Capitanich
Jorge Milton Capitanich (born November 28, 1964) is an Argentine politician, businessman, and accountant who became Governor of Chaco Province in 2019, having held the position before from 2007 to 2013 and then from February to December 2015. A m ...
of the
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
. His term expired in 2007, when he was elected to the
Argentine Senate
The Honorable Senate of the Argentine Nation ( es, Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina) is the upper house of the National Congress of Argentina.
Overview
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.
External links
Chaco Province(Spanish)
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1951 births
Living people
Governors of Chaco Province
Vice Governors of Chaco Province
People from Tres Isletas
Argentine people of Croatian descent
Mayors of places in Argentina
Members of the Argentine Senate for Chaco
Radical Civic Union politicians