Alberto Rodríguez Saá
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Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21,1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. In 2007 he was reelected as governor of San Luis Province, Argentina to serve what will be his second term lasting until 2011. He was also the presidential candidate for Alianza Frente Justicia Unión y Libertad, FREJULI, in 2007.
The Rodriguez Saá family is well known in the Province of San Luis and can be traced to the nineteenth century and to descendants of the famous federal revolutionist Juan Saa, an important figure in the battle of Pavon (XIX century). His predecessor as governor, Alicia Lemme, was known for her protest in the Casa Rosada against the "corralito financiero" which froze the funds deposited by the Province of San Luis in 2002. His brother, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, was governor of San Luis from 1983 until 2001, when he became President of Argentina, resigning after a week.
where he graduated as a lawyer
in 1974 and specialized in Constitutional Guarantees. Later during the nineties he concluded postgraduate programs in constitutional law, in communal law and in Art History
, all at the University of Salamanca
, Spain
. He has a strong interest in environmental and artistic activities, promoting the development of cultural proposals on a national scale.
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Buenos Aires
where he graduated as a lawyer
in 1974 and specialized in Constitutional Guarantees. Later during the nineties he concluded postgraduate programs in constitutional law
, in communal law and in Art History
, all at the University of Salamanca
, Spain. He has a strong interest in environmental and artistic activities, promoting the development of cultural proposals on a national scale.
In 1980 he was Advisor to the Confederación General del Trabajo. Between 1983 and 1994 he served as senator for the Province of San Luis. Serving this position in the year 1986 he voted against the Ley de Punto Final
that established the suspension of legal proceedings against the perpetrators of illegal detentions, torture and murder during the military dictatorship. Between 1989 and 1993 he was President of the Bloque Justicialista in the National Senate. In October 1993 he voted against the government project to reform the National Constitution and allow the reelection of the then-President Carlos Menem
, known as the "Pacto de Olivos
". This has been linked to the kidnapping of his brother shortly afterwards. In December 1994 he resigned from his seat.
After finishing various postgraduate studies in Spain, he returned to Argentina in 2000 and was elected again as National Senator, being one of the 4 senators who voted against the flexible labour law (pejoratively called "Ley Banelco"). Between April and December 2001 he held the Cabinet of Ministers Leadership of the San Luis Province.
In 2003 he was elected Governor of the Province, a position that he currently occupies, having been re-elected in 2007 with over 80% of the vote. The runner up with 12.18% of the vote was Roque Palma, of the Popular Socialist Party.
In the same election, Alberto Rodriguez Saa promoted a constitutional amendment blocking indefinite re-election in the Province of San Luis.
He ran for President of the Nation in the 2007 presidential election. He represents the internal line of the Peronist Party, which opposes the current Kirchner administration. In the elections his coalition won 1,408,736 votes.
In 2011, during his second term as Governor of the Province of San Luis, he was distinguished as “Global Ambassador for Peace” by the World Organization for Peace. This award is given to the highest world personalities such as Kofi Annan, former General Secretary of the United Nations. He won the award for his policies in San Luis on "Social Inclusion", "Sustainable Environment", "Health and Work", "Nuclear Nonproliferation," and "General Welfare ". The parchment document was presented by Walter Luchetti, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Republic of Italy (Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana).
As well as being a friend of former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore, with whom he has had several meetings in the Province of San Luis, Alberto Rodriguez Saá recently received several awards from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and an official acknowledgment from the Senate of Argentina, both for his environmental policies.
Soon after being nominated Global Ambassador for Peace, Alberto Rodriguez Saá received the "Tiradentes Medal", previous winners of which include former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Pope Juan Pablo II. The distinction is in recognition of his humanitarian support including food and aid relief that Alberto Rodriguez Saá offered to Brazil and other countries (and various Argentine provinces) such as Peru, China, Iran and Haiti, which received recognition from the United States Embassy.
He is currently a candidate in the 2011 Presidential Elections for the Frente Compromiso Federal party. His national program aims to replicate the "San Luis" model nationwide. The province of San Luis was voted the best managed in the country by private consultants for the seventh consecutive year, in Tax Efficiency Policy, Social indicators, Infrastructure, Fiscal Solvency and International Trade. Moreover, in its ambition to create a Silicon Valley, San Luis came fourth in a ranking of 150 'digital cities' developed by Motorola.
"The constitutional guarantees in the investigation of criminal proceedings." Dictated by Dr. Leopoldo Schiffrin. UBA, 1998
"The existing case law and amparo." Dictated by Dr. Carlos Vallefin. Graduate Department of Law Faculty of the UBA. July 1998
"Graduate Course in Community Law and the European Union." University of Salamanca-Spain.1999
"Postgraduate Course in Art History." At the University of Salamanca, Spain. 1999
"Postgraduate Course in Law, specializing in constitutional law." At the University of Salamanca, Spain. 2000
"Course of current problems of Constitutional Law and specialization in Information Law". UBA. 1999
Postgraduate Course in "legal interpretation and rational decisions," Ph.D. graduate course dictated by Dr. Roberto José Vernengo. UBA, 1999
"General notions of epistemology and epistemological foundations of legal theories," taught by Dr. Carlos Maria Cárcova. UBA, 1999.
Recognition to the Government of the Province of San Luis by the Senate of the Argentinian Nation (March 2011), for having signed in September 6, 2010 the Agreement called "Ten Commandments of peace between Progress and the Environment" and for the effective implementation of sustainable development policies. Upon signing the Treaty of Peace between Progress and the Environment, the Provincial Governor Alberto Rodriguez Saa was greeted by three Nobel Peace Prize winners (Wangari Maathai, Osvaldo Canziani, and Perez Esquivel).
"Tiradentes Medal", considered the highest distinction granted by the Carioca State. It is the same award that in previous years was assigned to former Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva and Pope John Paul II.
"Global Ambassador for Peace" (March 2011), the highest distinction made by the World Peace Organization in Geneva, for his policies put forward in San Luis on "Social Inclusion", "Sustainable Environment" "Health and Work", "Nuclear Nonproliferation," and "General Welfare", an honor previously bestowed upon Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations.
"Distinction of the United Nations Environment Program" based in Kenya (March 2011) for having planted more than four million trees.
Recognition for his environmental leadership by former U.S. VP, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore during his visit to the Province of San Luis (2009)
Participation in the Global Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen 2010, along with the leaders and presidents of all the nations assembled in order to reach an international agreement on climate change.
"Global Leader" (February 2009), a distinction made by the United Nations through the United Nations Program for Environment for his contribution to the Billion Tree Campaign.
2000: Re-appointed senator by the Province of San Luis.
2001: Chief of Cabinet of the Province of San Luis.
2003: Elected governor of the Province of San Luis with a mandate until 2007.
2007: Re-elected governor of the Province of San Luis with a mandate until 2011.
Fellow Member of the San Luis History Board.
Honorary President and founder of the ICCED Foundation.
Honorary President and founder of the Institute of Historical and Social Studies "John Chrysostom Lafinur"
Director of the Department of Regional Studies - Provincial Institute of Technology - San Luis
Professor of the Department Regional Studies - Provincial Institute of Technology - San Luis
Founder of "Institute of Legal Editions." San Luis 1999
Professor of the Department of Regional Studies - IUSI
"Argentine Model for the National Project". Buenos Aires-1986
"Critical Analysis of the national project." Buenos Aires, 1987
"San Luis a destination." San Luis 1997
"Dr. Juan Crisostomo Lafinur, Notes." San Luis, 1997
"Cantata for the Tragic Death of Colonel Juan Pascual Pringles". San Luis, 2000
"Trilogy in Pringles," San Luis, 2001
The Rodriguez Saá family is well known in the Province of San Luis and can be traced to the nineteenth century and to descendants of the famous federal revolutionist Juan Saa, an important figure in the battle of Pavon (XIX century). His predecessor as governor, Alicia Lemme, was known for her protest in the Casa Rosada against the "corralito financiero" which froze the funds deposited by the Province of San Luis in 2002. His brother, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, was governor of San Luis from 1983 until 2001, when he became President of Argentina, resigning after a week.
Biography
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Buenos AiresUniversity of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
where he graduated as a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
in 1974 and specialized in Constitutional Guarantees. Later during the nineties he concluded postgraduate programs in constitutional law, in communal law and in Art History
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
, all at the University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. He has a strong interest in environmental and artistic activities, promoting the development of cultural proposals on a national scale.
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
where he graduated as a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
in 1974 and specialized in Constitutional Guarantees. Later during the nineties he concluded postgraduate programs in constitutional law
Constitutional law
Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
, in communal law and in Art History
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
, all at the University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...
, Spain. He has a strong interest in environmental and artistic activities, promoting the development of cultural proposals on a national scale.
In 1980 he was Advisor to the Confederación General del Trabajo. Between 1983 and 1994 he served as senator for the Province of San Luis. Serving this position in the year 1986 he voted against the Ley de Punto Final
Ley de Punto Final
Ley de Punto Final was a law passed by the National Congress of Argentina after the end of the military dictatorship of the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional . Formally, this law is referred to by number Ley de Punto Final (Spanish, roughly translated Full Stop Law) was a law passed by the...
that established the suspension of legal proceedings against the perpetrators of illegal detentions, torture and murder during the military dictatorship. Between 1989 and 1993 he was President of the Bloque Justicialista in the National Senate. In October 1993 he voted against the government project to reform the National Constitution and allow the reelection of the then-President Carlos Menem
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...
, known as the "Pacto de Olivos
Pacto de Olivos
The Olivos Pact refers to a series of documents signed on November 17, 1993, between the governing President of Argentina, Carlos Menem, and former President and leader of the opposition UCR, Raúl Alfonsín, that formed the basis of the constitutional reform of 1994...
". This has been linked to the kidnapping of his brother shortly afterwards. In December 1994 he resigned from his seat.
In 2003 he was elected Governor of the Province, a position that he currently occupies, having been re-elected in 2007 with over 80% of the vote. The runner up with 12.18% of the vote was Roque Palma, of the Popular Socialist Party.
In the same election, Alberto Rodriguez Saa promoted a constitutional amendment blocking indefinite re-election in the Province of San Luis.
He ran for President of the Nation in the 2007 presidential election. He represents the internal line of the Peronist Party, which opposes the current Kirchner administration. In the elections his coalition won 1,408,736 votes.
In 2011, during his second term as Governor of the Province of San Luis, he was distinguished as “Global Ambassador for Peace” by the World Organization for Peace. This award is given to the highest world personalities such as Kofi Annan, former General Secretary of the United Nations. He won the award for his policies in San Luis on "Social Inclusion", "Sustainable Environment", "Health and Work", "Nuclear Nonproliferation," and "General Welfare ". The parchment document was presented by Walter Luchetti, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Republic of Italy (Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana).
As well as being a friend of former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore, with whom he has had several meetings in the Province of San Luis, Alberto Rodriguez Saá recently received several awards from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and an official acknowledgment from the Senate of Argentina, both for his environmental policies.
Soon after being nominated Global Ambassador for Peace, Alberto Rodriguez Saá received the "Tiradentes Medal", previous winners of which include former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Pope Juan Pablo II. The distinction is in recognition of his humanitarian support including food and aid relief that Alberto Rodriguez Saá offered to Brazil and other countries (and various Argentine provinces) such as Peru, China, Iran and Haiti, which received recognition from the United States Embassy.
He is currently a candidate in the 2011 Presidential Elections for the Frente Compromiso Federal party. His national program aims to replicate the "San Luis" model nationwide. The province of San Luis was voted the best managed in the country by private consultants for the seventh consecutive year, in Tax Efficiency Policy, Social indicators, Infrastructure, Fiscal Solvency and International Trade. Moreover, in its ambition to create a Silicon Valley, San Luis came fourth in a ranking of 150 'digital cities' developed by Motorola.
Graduate Courses
"Extraordinary remedy. Constitutional and procedural, Legislation and Jurisprudence." Dictated by Dr. Hermes Revol. Graduate Department of Law, UBA. July 1998."The constitutional guarantees in the investigation of criminal proceedings." Dictated by Dr. Leopoldo Schiffrin. UBA, 1998
"The existing case law and amparo." Dictated by Dr. Carlos Vallefin. Graduate Department of Law Faculty of the UBA. July 1998
"Graduate Course in Community Law and the European Union." University of Salamanca-Spain.1999
"Postgraduate Course in Art History." At the University of Salamanca, Spain. 1999
"Postgraduate Course in Law, specializing in constitutional law." At the University of Salamanca, Spain. 2000
"Course of current problems of Constitutional Law and specialization in Information Law". UBA. 1999
Postgraduate Course in "legal interpretation and rational decisions," Ph.D. graduate course dictated by Dr. Roberto José Vernengo. UBA, 1999
"General notions of epistemology and epistemological foundations of legal theories," taught by Dr. Carlos Maria Cárcova. UBA, 1999.
International Awards & Honors
"Distinction for his commitment to environmental protection and combating desertification, land degradation and mitigating the effects of drought" (June 2011) delivered by the United Nations Convention to combat desertification.Recognition to the Government of the Province of San Luis by the Senate of the Argentinian Nation (March 2011), for having signed in September 6, 2010 the Agreement called "Ten Commandments of peace between Progress and the Environment" and for the effective implementation of sustainable development policies. Upon signing the Treaty of Peace between Progress and the Environment, the Provincial Governor Alberto Rodriguez Saa was greeted by three Nobel Peace Prize winners (Wangari Maathai, Osvaldo Canziani, and Perez Esquivel).
"Tiradentes Medal", considered the highest distinction granted by the Carioca State. It is the same award that in previous years was assigned to former Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva and Pope John Paul II.
"Global Ambassador for Peace" (March 2011), the highest distinction made by the World Peace Organization in Geneva, for his policies put forward in San Luis on "Social Inclusion", "Sustainable Environment" "Health and Work", "Nuclear Nonproliferation," and "General Welfare", an honor previously bestowed upon Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations.
"Distinction of the United Nations Environment Program" based in Kenya (March 2011) for having planted more than four million trees.
Recognition for his environmental leadership by former U.S. VP, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore during his visit to the Province of San Luis (2009)
Participation in the Global Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen 2010, along with the leaders and presidents of all the nations assembled in order to reach an international agreement on climate change.
"Global Leader" (February 2009), a distinction made by the United Nations through the United Nations Program for Environment for his contribution to the Billion Tree Campaign.
Piblic Office
1983-1994: Senator of the Argentinian Congress appointed by the Province of San Luis. In this position he served as:- President of the General Law Committee
- 1st Vice-president of the Peronist bloc (unified) in 1988
- President of the Peronist bloc Honorable Senate of Argentina between 1989 and 1993.
2000: Re-appointed senator by the Province of San Luis.
2001: Chief of Cabinet of the Province of San Luis.
2003: Elected governor of the Province of San Luis with a mandate until 2007.
2007: Re-elected governor of the Province of San Luis with a mandate until 2011.
Academic Activity
Professor of Labor and Commercial Law at Normal School "Juan Pascual Pringles" National University of San Luis.Fellow Member of the San Luis History Board.
Honorary President and founder of the ICCED Foundation.
Honorary President and founder of the Institute of Historical and Social Studies "John Chrysostom Lafinur"
Director of the Department of Regional Studies - Provincial Institute of Technology - San Luis
Professor of the Department Regional Studies - Provincial Institute of Technology - San Luis
Founder of "Institute of Legal Editions." San Luis 1999
Professor of the Department of Regional Studies - IUSI
Published Works
"The Test of Desmalvinización." Buenos Aires-1985"Argentine Model for the National Project". Buenos Aires-1986
"Critical Analysis of the national project." Buenos Aires, 1987
"San Luis a destination." San Luis 1997
"Dr. Juan Crisostomo Lafinur, Notes." San Luis, 1997
"Cantata for the Tragic Death of Colonel Juan Pascual Pringles". San Luis, 2000
"Trilogy in Pringles," San Luis, 2001
External links
- Wikipedia Español
- Provincia de San Luis
- Luis Juez
- Documental Alberto Rodríguez Saá The Rodriguez Saá Family (Spanish) Alicia Lemme CuyoNoticias