Luis Alberto Falcó (26 September 1949,

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-28 July 2007, Viedma) was an Argentine physician and politician of the

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 ...

(UCR). He served on the

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from 2001 until his death. Falcó was born in General Roca,

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and attended school there. He graduated in medicine at the

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in 1972. His specialism was

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and

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. He completed his residency in that specialism at the Hospital Fernández in

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, and practised in his home city for many years. Upon the return of democracy in 1983, Falcó was appointed Government Secretary for the General Roca municipality. In 1985 he became a General Roca councillor. From 1991 he served for ten years on the Río Negro provincial legislature, becoming first vice president of the body. He became leader of the Río Negro UCR in 2000. Falcó was elected to the Senate at the head of the UCR list in 2001. He was a prolific legislator, introducing dozens of new laws. In 2004 he introduced more new projects than any other national legislator. His best known contribution is the so-called 'Falcó Law'
Ley 26.093
which promoted the use of

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s. Falcó died in July 2007 after a long illness. Jacobo Abrameto was appointed to complete the remaining months of his term on the Senate.Senate archive
. Accessed 28 April 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Falco, Luis 1949 births 2007 deaths Radical Civic Union politicians Members of the Argentine Senate for Río Negro People from General Roca