The Republican Force ( es, Fuerza Republicana, links=no, FR) is a provincial

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political party in

Tucumán Province Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neig ...

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. The party was set up by Antonio Domingo Bussi, who was Tucumán's Governor during the early years of the

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. As of 2009, Fuerza Republicana holds one of Tucumán's three senators, Carlos Salazar. The Party's second senator, Delia Pinchetti de Sierra Morales, resigned from Republican Force in May 2009 after being dropped as a candidate, and has since joined the Unión Pro Federal.Los candidatos, provincia por provincia
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'', 10 May 2009. FR has been part of a coalition with a minor,

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-oriented party, Recreate for Growth (itself aligned to the Unión Pro). Its leading politician, Ricardo Bussi, son of Antonio Bussi, was a senator until 2007 when he stood for Governor of Tucumán Province without success.

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