Carlos 'Chango' Delcio Funes (1931 in San Justo, Córdoba – 29 July 2001 in

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) was an Argentine

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politician in Santa Fe Province. Funes was a journalist and writer. In 1971 he became involved in politics, taking a job in government as an assistant at COMYPE. During the military government he worked in

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, returning to politics in 1982. In 1993 Funes was elected to the

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, serving until 1997. In 1999 he became a provincial deputy. He was appointed to the

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in March 2001, replacing Arturo di Pietro who had died in offic

Funes himself died while in office of cancer after a long illness at the Güemes hospital in Buenos Aires not long afterwards.

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