Luz María Sapag was an Argentine

Argentina

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 politician, Mayor of the city of San Martín de los Andes

San Martín de los Andes

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 and formerly a Senator

Argentine Senate

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 representing the Neuquén Province

Neuquén Province

Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west...

 under the aegis of the Neuquino People's Movement

Neuquino People's Movement

The Neuquén People's Movement is a provincial political party in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.The party was founded by, amongst others, Carlos Sobisch, Elías Sapag, Felipe Sapag and his brothers, Peronists who had been discriminated against by the military government...

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Sapag was born in Cutral Có

Cutral Có

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, Neuquén. She was a member of the influential Sapag family – daughter of Elías Sapag

Elías Sapag

Elías Canaán Sapag was a Lebanese-born Argentine politician, long-serving senator for Neuquén Province, founder of the Neuquén People's Movement and head of the locally influential Sapag family....

, a senator; niece of Felipe Sapag

Felipe Sapag

Felipe Sapag was an Argentine politician, governor of Neuquén Province on five occasions and a leading figure in the Neuquén People's Movement and the locally influential Sapag family.-Life and times:...

, five-time governor of Neuquén; and sister to Jorge Sapag

Jorge Sapag

Jorge Augusto Sapag is a politician and lawyer, a member of the Neuquino People's Movement and governor of Neuquén Province since 2007....

, governor of Neuquén from 2007.

In 1987, Sapag became secretary of government of the municipality of San Martín de los Andes and in 1991 she became Mayor of the city. She was re-elected in 1995. In 1999 she was elected to the provincial legislature.

In 2001, Sapag was elected to the Senate. She had been president of the environmental committee. In June 2006, prosecutors in Neuquén asked the Argentine Congress to lift her immunity so that she could face trial for abuse of office whilst Mayor of San Martín de los Andes http://www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/2006/06/28/20066r28f18.php.

In June 2007 she was re-elected Mayor of San Martín de los Andes and stepped down from the Senate. http://www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/2007/06/04/20076p04s30.php

Sapag died in a road accident in the morning of July 7, 2010.

External links

• Senate profile (Spanish)
• Sapag family history by Luis Felipe Sapag
• Obituary (Spanish)