Ricardo Gómez Diez (born March 4, 1949) is an

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politician. He was until 2007 a

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for

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for the Salta Renewal Party (PRS) and was vice-presidential candidate of the national Recrear Federal Movement, now part of the

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alliance. In 2009 he is a candidate for National Deputy for the

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alliance of

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and the Civic Coalition, amongst others.Los candidatos, provincia por provincia
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'', 10 May 2009. Gómez Diez was born in

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and studied at the Catholic University of Salta, becoming a lawyer. He became a member of the provincial legislature in 1984 and led the PRS block. In 1991, Gómez Diez became Vice-Governor of Salta Province, serving until 1995. He was elected to the

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in 1995, where he led the PRS block and sat until 2001, when he was elected a senator. At the 2003 Presidential election, Gómez Diez was candidate for Vice-President on the ticket of

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for Recrear. They came third in the first round. Gómez Diez served as second Vice-President of the Senate and as a member of the

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. His term expired in 2007 and his departure from the Senate came shortly after an acrimonious dispute within the PRS which saw his faction set up a new party, Salta Proposition. In May 2009 he was confirmed as a candidate for National Deputy for the Civic and Social Accord alliance, made up at a national level by the Radical Civic Union and

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's Civic Coalition, amongst others. He is married to Inés Velarde and has three children.

External links

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References

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