Federico Ramón Puerta (born 9 September 1951) is an

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politician who has served as a

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, national senator and

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and briefly as

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in 2001.

Biography

Puerta was born in Apóstoles,

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. He attended the

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and qualified as a civil engineer. However, he entered the family business of the cultivation of yerba maté, and became a successful businessman and millionaire. Puerta was elected a national deputy for Misiones in 1987. In 1991 he was elected Governor of Misiones Province, re-elected in 1995 and served until 1999. He followed the

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economic model of President

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, including privatising the provincial bank of which his own grandfather had been a founder. In 1999 he was re-elected to the

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and in 2001 he was elected to the

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. In November of that year, he was elected provisory president of the

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, constitutionally third in line to the nation's presidency. Puerta served as the acting head of the executive branch of the country for two days on December 21–22, 2001. He came to that position in his capacity as

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of the Senate and, as there was no vice president, he was next in line to the nation's highest office when President

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resigned amid

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. A week after giving up the presidency, Puerta resigned as leader of the Senate in order to avoid retaking the presidency, following a second institutional crisis. Puerta stood to be Governor of Misiones in 2003, but lost to his successor,

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. He retired from the Senate in 2005. He ran for governor of Misiones again in 2007, and was defeated in the October election, coming in third place with 15% of the vote.

Personal life

Puerta is unmarried and has two children.

References

External links

Sitio oficial de Ramón PuertaFormer senate profile'Quién es Ramón Puerta?'

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, 2001-12-21, accessed 2006-08-13 {{DEFAULTSORT:Puerta, Ramon 1951 births Living people People from Apóstoles Argentine people of Spanish descent Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina alumni Argentine businesspeople Members of the Argentine Senate for Misiones Justicialist Party politicians Governors of Misiones Province Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Misiones Acting presidents of Argentina Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic