Rubén Hugo Marín (1 May 1934 – 27 January 2024) was an Argentine politician who was a Senator for

La Pampa Province La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza. History In ...

. He was also a governor of the province on two occasions. Marín, a lawyer by profession, was a member of the

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. Born in Trenel, Marín enrolled at the

National University of La Plata The National University of La Plata (, UNLP) is a national public research university located in the city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has over 90,000 regular students, 10,000 teaching staff, 17 departments and 10 ...

, and graduated with a ''

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'' in 1961. He was

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gubernatorial candidate Aquiles Regazzoli's running mate in 1973, and served as Vice Governor of La Pampa from 1973 to 1976. Marín was elected governor in 1983 upon the restoration of democracy, serving until 1987. He was then elected to the

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, and two years later, to the

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. Voters returned Marín to the governor's post in 1991, and he was re-elected in 1995 and 1999. He was elected to the Senate in 2003; there, he joined the majority Front for Victory parliamentary group, supporting the national government of President

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. Marín ran for a fifth term as governor in 2007, but was defeated in party primaries by the faction headed by Carlos Verna. Marín's term in the Senate expired on 10 December 2009. Marín died on 27 January 2024, at the age of 89.

External links

Senate profile

References

1934 births 2024 deaths People from La Pampa Province National University of La Plata alumni 20th-century Argentine lawyers Members of the Argentine Senate for La Pampa Justicialist Party politicians Governors of La Pampa Province Vice governors of La Pampa Province Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in La Pampa Deaths from pneumonia in Argentina {{Argentina-law-bio-stub