Marcelo Guinle
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Marcelo Alejandro Horacio Guinle (born September 28, 1947) is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
politician, currently a senator
for Chubut Province
.
Guinle became a lawyer and worked as a legal advisor to petrol firm YPF from 1974 to 1979. He was a judge and sat on the Comodoro Rivadavia
circuit as a civil, commercial and labour judge and on the chamber of appeals of both Trelew
and Comodoro Rivadavia
. In 1986 he became government secretary of the municipality of Comodor Rivadavia.
In 1987 Guinle was appointed minister of government, education and justice of Chubut Province, where he served until 1989. In 1994 he was elected to the National Constitutional Covention to reform the Constitution of Argentina
and in 1995 he was elected Mayor of Comodoro Rivadavia. In 1999 he was the Justicialist candidate for governor of Chubut Province but lost to José Luis Lizurume.
In 2001 Guinle was elected as minority national senator for Chubut. He was re-elected for a six-year term in 2003 with 47% of the vote. In December 2003 he became provisory President of the Senate, and thus third in line to the Presidency of the Republic
. He left the post on February 22, 2006. He sits in the Front for Victory
bloc of President Néstor Kirchner
.
Guinle is married to Lilia Castillo and has three sons and three grandsons.
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...
Justicialist Party
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...
politician, currently a senator
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...
for Chubut Province
Chubut Province
Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...
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Guinle became a lawyer and worked as a legal advisor to petrol firm YPF from 1974 to 1979. He was a judge and sat on the Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....
circuit as a civil, commercial and labour judge and on the chamber of appeals of both Trelew
Trelew
-References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *...
and Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....
. In 1986 he became government secretary of the municipality of Comodor Rivadavia.
In 1987 Guinle was appointed minister of government, education and justice of Chubut Province, where he served until 1989. In 1994 he was elected to the National Constitutional Covention to reform the Constitution of Argentina
Constitution of Argentina
The constitution of Argentina is one of the primary sources of existing law in Argentina. Its first version was written in 1853 by a Constitutional Assembly gathered in Santa Fe, and the doctrinal basis was taken in part from the United States Constitution...
and in 1995 he was elected Mayor of Comodoro Rivadavia. In 1999 he was the Justicialist candidate for governor of Chubut Province but lost to José Luis Lizurume.
In 2001 Guinle was elected as minority national senator for Chubut. He was re-elected for a six-year term in 2003 with 47% of the vote. In December 2003 he became provisory President of the Senate, and thus third in line to the Presidency of the Republic
President of Argentina
The President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...
. He left the post on February 22, 2006. He sits in 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...
bloc of President 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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Guinle is married to Lilia Castillo and has three sons and three grandsons.