Alberto Weretilneck (born 11 October 1962) is an Argentine politician currently serving as governor of Río Negro Province since 2023. He previously held the same position from 2012 to 2019. From 2019 to 2023, he was a

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for Río Negro, and he served as '' intendente'' (mayor) of Cipolletti from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

Born in

El Bolsón, Río Negro El Bolsón is a town in the southwest of Río Negro Province, Argentina, at the foot of the Piltriquitron Mountain. Due to a series of valleys through the mountains of Chile to the Pacific Ocean, El Bolsón has an unusually mild climate for its s ...

, he joined the center-left Broad Front, and was elected mayor of Cipolletti, Río Negro Province, in 2007. He became a supporter of Kirchnerism and was elected Vicegovernor in 2011; he was also named Vice President of the Broad Front on December 17, serving with

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. Weretilneck joined

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 ...

nominee

Carlos Soria Carlos Ernesto Soria (March 1, 1949January 1, 2012) was an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician. He died in the early hours of January 1, 2012, from a gunshot wound, at his farm, after the New Year celebrations. Soria was the govern ...

in December 2010 as his running mate for the 2011 gubernatorial campaign; while they belonged to different parties, their coalition was endorsed by both Weretilneck's Broad Front and President Cristina Kirchner's Front for Victory (which headed the Justicialist Party). Elected with Soria that September in a landslide, Weretilneck became governor on January 1, 2012, after the sudden death of Governor Soria. Weretilneck's administration worked closely with the opposition UCR in the Provincial Legislature, while also participating in housing plans funded by the Federal Government which allowed the construction of 2,600 homes. During his first term the Viedma Riverwalk was built, as well as the repavement of Routes 3 and 251 (which serve the province's remote southern half). He also inaugurated 22 new primary schools and extended the school; among the new schools opened was the Lucerinta Cañumil Elementary School, the first officially bilingual

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/ Spanish school in the province. Governor Weretilneck was comfortably reelected to a second term in 2015. His ''Juntos Somos Río Negro'' (Together We Are Río Negro) alliance defeated the Front for Victory (FpV) candidate, Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, by 53% to 34%.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weretilneck, Alberto 1962 births Living people People from Río Negro Province Governors of Río Negro Province Vice governors of Río Negro Province Broad Front (Argentina) politicians Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Members of the Argentine Senate for Río Negro