Walter Basilio Barrionuevo (born 28 February 1954) is an

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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 ...

(PJ) politician, and governor of Jujuy Province. Born in Frías,

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 inhabitant ...

, Barrionuevo enrolled at the

National University of Tucumán The National University of Tucumán ( es, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, UNT) is an Argentine national university located in Tucumán Province and the largest in Argentina's northwest region. Founded on 25 May 1914 in San Miguel de Tucumán ...

, where he earned a law degree in 1976. He relocated to

Jujuy Province Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south. Geography There are three main areas in Jujuy: * ...

, and between 1989 and 1990 was appointed Minister of Government, Justice, and Education by Governor Ricardo de Aparici. He returned to Santiago del Estero as President of the Supreme Justice Tribunal from 1994 to 1995. He was elected to the Jujuy Chamber of Deputies in 1995, and in 1999 was elected president of the

caucus. He served briefly as Minister of Education in 1999 for the newly appointed Governor

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, and in 2003 was elected vice-governor as the latter's running mate.Walter Barrionuevo, de vice a gobernador de Jujuy
''El Cronista'', accessed 13 July 2008. Barrionuevo was elected Governor in October 2007 with 35.8% of the vote, on the

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ticket of President

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. He was elected Senator in 2011.

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1954 births Living people People from Santiago del Estero Province Argentine people of Spanish descent National University of Tucumán alumni 20th-century Argentine lawyers Justicialist Party politicians Governors of Jujuy Province Vice Governors of Jujuy Province Members of the Argentine Senate for Jujuy {{Argentina-law-bio-stub