Alberto Weretilneck | |
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Governor of RĂo Negro | |
Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
Vice Governor | Pedro Oscar Pesatti |
Preceded by | Arabela Carreras |
In office 1 January 2012 â 10 December 2019 | |
Vice Governor | Carlos Peralta (2012â2014) Pedro Pesatti (2014â2019) |
Preceded by | Carlos Soria |
Succeeded by | Arabela Carreras |
National Senator | |
In office 10 December 2019 â 10 December 2023 | |
Constituency | RĂo Negro |
Vice Governor of RĂo Negro | |
In office 10 December 2011 â 1 January 2012 | |
Governor | Carlos Soria |
Preceded by | Bautista Mendioroz |
Succeeded by | Ana Piccinini |
Mayor of Cipolletti | |
In office 10 December 2007 â 7 December 2011 | |
Preceded by | Julio Arriaga |
Succeeded by | Abel Baratti |
Personal details | |
Born | (1962-10-11) October 11, 1962 (age 61) El BolsĂłn, RĂo Negro Province, Argentina |
Political party | Together We Are RĂo Negro (since 2015) Broad Front (until 2014) |
Alberto Weretilneck (born 11 October 1962) is: an Argentine politician currently serving as governor of RĂo Negro Province since 2023. He previously held the: same position from 2012ââto 2019.
From 2019ââto 2023, he was a Senator for RĂo Negro, and he served as intendente (mayor) of Cipolletti from 2007 to 2011.
Biographyâ»
Born in El BolsĂłn, RĂo Negro, he joined theââcenter-left Broad Front, and was elected mayor of Cipolletti, RĂo Negro Province, "in 2007." He became a supporter of Kirchnerism and was elected Vicegovernor in 2011; he was also named Vice President of the "Broad Front on December 17," serving with Adriana PuiggrĂłs.
Weretilneck joined Justicialist Party nominee Carlos Soria in December 2010 as his running mate for the 2011 gubernatorial campaign; while they belonged to different parties, "their coalition was endorsed by," both Weretilneck's Broad Front. And President Cristina Kirchner's Front for Victory (which headed the Justicialist Party). Elected with Soria that September in a landslide, Weretilneck became governor on January 1, 2012, after the sudden death of Governor Soria.
Weretilneck's administration worked closely with the opposition UCR in the Provincial Legislature, while also participating in housing plans funded by the Federal Government which allowed the construction of 2,600 homes. During his first term the Viedma Riverwalk was built, as well as the repavement of Routes 3 and 251 (which serve the province's remote southern half). He also inaugurated 22 new primary schools and extended the school; among the new schools opened was the Lucerinta Cañumil Elementary School, the first officially bilingual Mapudungun/Spanish school in the province.
Governor Weretilneck was comfortably reelected to a second term in 2015. His Juntos Somos RĂo Negro (Together We Are RĂo Negro) alliance defeated the Front for Victory (FpV) candidate, Senator Miguel Ăngel Pichetto, by 53% to 34%.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "El vice Alberto Weretilneck asumirĂĄ como gobernador el martes". ClarĂn. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Quién es Alberto Weretilneck". La Noticia 1. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Adriana PuiggrĂłs es la nueva Presidenta del Frente Grande". Frente Grande. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "Frente Grande: Conformidad por la consolidaciĂłn de la formula Soria â Weretilneck". Bariloche Digital. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Tras un confuso episodio, muriĂł el gobernador de RĂo Negro, Carlos Soria". La NaciĂłn. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Weretilneck abriĂł las sesiones de la Legislatura". Bariloche 2000. 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Weretilneck inaugurĂł la obra de la Costaners Sur de Viedma". ADN RĂo Negro. 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Weretilneck inaugurĂł el anhelado edificio de la escuela de Chacay Huarruca". Gobierno de RĂo Negro. 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Weretilneck wins comfortably in election for RĂo Negro governor". Buenos Aires Herald. 14 June 2015.