Eduardo Enrique "Balero" Torres is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 politician. Formerly active in the Radical Civic Union

Radical Civic Union

The Radical Civic Union is a political party in Argentina. The party's positions on issues range from liberal to social democratic. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International. Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, it is the oldest political party active in Argentina...

, he sits in the Argentine Senate

Argentine Senate

The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...

 representing Misiones Province

Misiones Province

Misiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamiсa region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest.- History :The province was...

 in the majority block of the Front for Victory

Front for Victory

The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...

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Torres served as a provincial deputy. He was President of the provincial Radical party but, like many Radicals in Misiones, became part of the cross-party Front for the Renewal of Concordia

Front for the Renewal of Concordia

The Front for the Renewal of Concord is a provincial political party in Argentina, based in Misiones Province.The front was put together in 2003 by supporters of the province's governor, Carlos Rovira, to ensure his re-election...

, formed to support the Justicialist

Justicialist Party

The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...

 governor Carlos Rovira

Carlos Rovira

Carlos Eduardo Rovira is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, until 2007 governor of Misiones Province at the head of the Front for Renewal....

 and which also supports the national government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...

 and her predecessor Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...

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Torres served from 2003 until 2007 as head of the Misiones state lottery. He became a senator in 2007 replacing Maurice Closs

Maurice Closs

Maurice Fabián 'Mauri' Closs is an Argentine politician, formerly of the Radical Civic Union but now leading the Front for the Renewal of Concord, allied to the Front for Victory in support of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner...

 upon his election as Governor of Misiones.

External links

• Senate profile