Juan Pérez Alsina
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Juan Agustín Pérez Alsina is an Argentine
politician for the Salta Renewal Party
. He sits in the Argentine Senate
representing Salta Province
in support of the majority block of the Front for Victory
.
Pérez Alsina qualified as a lawyer from the Catholic University of Salta and worked as a lawyer, lecturer and legal adviser. From 1989 to 1995 he was a councillor in Salta, President of the Council from 1991 to 1992.
In 2006, Pérez Alsina was named President of the convention of the Salta Renewal Party (PRS). The PRS has seen an acrimonious split in recent years and Pérez Alsina represents the new Kirchnerist
leadership which supports the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
. In 2007 he was elected to the Argentine Senate on the PRS/Front for Victory list.
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 for the Salta Renewal Party
Salta Renewal Party
The Salta Renewal Party is a provincial political party in Salta Province, Argentina.The party is a federalist party, believing in strong and renewed provinces with power decentralised from Buenos Aires. It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy.The...
. 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 Salta Province
Salta Province
Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy...
in support of 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...
.
Pérez Alsina qualified as a lawyer from the Catholic University of Salta and worked as a lawyer, lecturer and legal adviser. From 1989 to 1995 he was a councillor in Salta, President of the Council from 1991 to 1992.
In 2006, Pérez Alsina was named President of the convention of the Salta Renewal Party (PRS). The PRS has seen an acrimonious split in recent years and Pérez Alsina represents the new Kirchnerist
Kirchnerism
Kirchnerism is a term used to refer to the political philosophy and supporters of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and of his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President from 2007...
leadership which supports the 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...
. In 2007 he was elected to the Argentine Senate on the PRS/Front for Victory list.