Héctor Icazuriaga (born 9 January 1955) is the former Secretary of Intelligence of

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who served from 2004 until 2014. Icazuriaga was born in

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parents (his

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descent inspired his nickname, ''El vasco'', though he is also known as ''Pancho'' and ''El Chango''). He enrolled at the

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, and earned a ''

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''; he later married and had two children. He relocated to Santa Cruz Province, where he was elected to the Provincial Legislature on the

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ticket. Icazuriaga was elected vice president of the legislature by his peers, and upon Vice Governor Sergio Acevedo's election to the

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in 1999, he was nominated as Governor

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's running mate, taking office as vice governor on 10 December. Kirchner's own election to the presidency in April 2003 led to Icazuriaga's appointment as governor. Acevedo, who had been named President Kirchner's first Intelligence Secretariat director, became a candidate for the post later that year, however, and upon the latter's election, Icazuriaga was named to replace him, effective 10 December 2004. He served President Néstor Kirchner, as well as his wife and successor,

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, as Director of Intelligence, becoming among the longest-serving officeholders in the post's history. Icazuriaga enjoyed a relatively good working relationship with both Presidents Kirchner, though his deputy director, Francisco Larcher, is reportedly closer to the couple than the director himself.''Seprin''

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Santa Cruz province Chamber of Deputies

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1955 births Living people People from Buenos Aires Province Argentine people of Basque descent National University of La Plata alumni 20th-century Argentine lawyers Governors of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Vice governors of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Argentine secretaries of intelligence Justicialist Party politicians {{Argentina-politician-stub

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