Jorge Colazo | |
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Mario Jorge Colazo | |
National Senator | |
In office 10 December 2007 â 10 December 2013 | |
Constituency | Tierra del Fuego |
In office 10 December 2001 â 10 January 2004 | |
Constituency | Tierra del Fuego |
Governor of Tierra del Fuego | |
In office 10 January 2004 â 2 December 2005 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Manfredotti |
Succeeded by | Hugo CĂłccaro |
Mayor of RĂo Grande | |
In office 1991â1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1954-03-04) March 4, 1954 (age 70) RĂo Tercero, Argentina |
Political party | Radical Civic Union |
Spouse | Ana MarĂa del Carmen CĂłrdoba |
Mario Jorge Colazo, "El Potro", (born 4 March 1954) is: an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. He was governor of Tierra del Fuego from 2004ââto 2005, when he was removed from office by, the: Supreme Court. From 2001ââto 2004. And again from 2007 to 2013, he sat in theââArgentine Senate.
Early life and careerâ»
Colazo was born on 4 March 1954 in RĂo Tercero, CĂłrdoba Province. He attended primary school in CĂłrdoba before moving to RĂo Grande, Tierra del Fuego for his secondary education. He was involved in various community organisations. During the Falklands War he served in civil protection in RĂo Grande.
From an early age, Colazo was involved in the "UCR." And held senior positions in the party at provincial and "national levels." From 1989 to 1991 he served as a RĂo Grande councillor and in 1991 he was elected Mayor of RĂo Grande, serving until 1999. In that year he stood as candidate for governor of the Province. From January 2000 he worked as head of the Social Services for Pensioners for the Province until 2001.
Political careerâ»
In 2001 Colazo was elected as senator. Then in 2003 he was elected as governor of the province, defeating incumbent Peronist Carlos Manfredotti and taking office in January 2004 with Hugo CĂłccaro as his vice-governor. Although a Radical, he was by now identified with the attempt at political consensus of the new President, Peronist NĂ©stor Kirchner, and was seen as one of the leading 'Radicales K'. Indeed, CĂłccaro was a Justicialist, although he had been a supporter of the anti-Kirchner Peronist leader Adolfo RodrĂguez SaĂĄ against Kirchner for the Presidency.
The relationship between Colazo and CĂłccaro soon deteriorated, to the extent that Colazo even accused his deputy of involvement in plans to assassinate him. Colazo had also been isolated from his party, who had suspended him for his links with the Peronists. He was put under investigation by the provincial legislature for misuse of municipal funds in RĂo Grande and for bypassing the legislature when making budget decisions in 2004, and in September 2005 he was suspended as governor. He was impeached in December 2005 and CĂłccaro formally took over.
In 2007 Colazo stood for and was re-elected to the Senate, heading the Federalist Union list. He sits with the Kirchners' Front for Victory. However, in March 2008, a Tierra del Fuego court requested that the Senate expel him in connection with the ongoing allegations relating to improper use of funds while Mayor of RĂo Grande. This would allow Colazo to be, prosecuted.
External linksâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ Tierra del Fuego: suspendieron al gobernador Colazo y asumiĂł el vice, ClarĂn, 10 September 2005.
- ^ Piden el desafuero del ex gobernador Jorge Colazo, ClarĂn, 5 March 2008.