Roberto Fabián Ríos (8 February 1964 – 3 October 2022)Corrientes: murió Fabián Ríos, exintendente de la ciudad e histórico dirigente peronista
was an Argentine politician. He was

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(mayor) of

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...

from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a National Deputy and a National Senator for

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. He also served as an official of the state-owned bank

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. Ríos, an electrical engineer by profession, was a member of the

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei. Fo ...

. Ríos qualified as an electrical engineer at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE). He was active in the Peronist Youth and was President of his faculty's student union. Between 1987 and 1993 he worked in the provincial energy department. In 1995 he became an assistant to the Justicialist deputies in the

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, becoming a government advisor in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Congress as an assistant to the Justicialist senators. In 1999, Ríos was elected to the Corrientes provincial legislature and re-elected in 2001. In 2003 he was elected a national Senator. He joined the

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parliamentary group, supporting the national government of President

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. In 2008 he took over the chairmanship of the Budget and Treasury Committee after the resignation of Sen. Roberto Urquía to this post. In 2009 he unsuccessfully ran for the Corrientes governorship, finishing in third place. His term as Senator expired on 10 December 2009 and he was appointed a director of the state-owned bank Banco de la Nación Argentina afterwards. In 2011 he was elected National Deputy for Corrientes Province.

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Senate profile

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1964 births 2022 deaths People from Corrientes Members of the Argentine Senate for Corrientes Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Corrientes National University of the Northeast alumni Justicialist Party politicians Mayors of Corrientes Argentine deputies 2011–2013 {{Argentina-politician-stub