Alberto Weretilneck
Alberto Weretilneck | |
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National Senator | |
Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
Constituency | Río Negro |
Governor of Río Negro | |
In office 1 January 2012 – 10 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Soria |
Succeeded by | Arabela Carreras |
Vice Governor of Río Negro | |
In office 10 December 2011 – 1 January 2012 | |
Governor | Carlos Soria |
Preceded by | Bautista Mendioroz |
Succeeded by | Ana Piccinini |
Mayor of Cipolletti | |
In office 10 December 2007 – 7 December 2011 | |
Preceded by | Julio Arriaga |
Succeeded by | Abel Baratti |
Personal details | |
Born | El Bolsón, Río Negro Province, Argentina | October 11, 1962
Political party | Together We Are Río Negro (since 2015) Broad Front (until 2014) |
Alberto Weretilneck (born 11 October 1962) is an Argentine politician currently serving as Senator for Río Negro Province. Previously, from 2012 to 2019, he was the province's governor.
Biography[]
Born in El Bolsón, Río Negro, he joined the center-left Broad Front, and was elected mayor of Cipolletti, Río Negro Province, in 2007.[1] He became a supporter of Kirchnerism and was elected Vicegovernor in 2011;[2] he was also named Vice President of the Broad Front on December 17, serving with Adriana Puiggrós.[3]
Weretilneck joined Justicialist Party nominee Carlos Soria in December 2010 as his running mate for the 2011 gubernatorial campaign; while they belonged to different parties, their coalition was endorsed by both Weretilneck's Broad Front and President Cristina Kirchner's Front for Victory (which headed the Justicialist Party).[4] Elected with Soria that September in a landslide, Weretilneck became governor on January 1, 2012, after the sudden death of Governor Soria.[5]
Weretilneck's administration worked closely with the opposition UCR in the Provincial Legislature, while also participating in housing plans funded by the Federal Government which allowed the construction of 2,600 homes.[6] During his first term the Viedma Riverwalk was built, as well as the repavement of Routes 3 and 251 (which serve the province's remote southern half).[7] He also inaugurated 22 new primary schools and extended the school; among the new schools opened was the Lucerinta Cañumil Elementary School, the first officially bilingual Mapudungun/Spanish school in the province.[8]
Governor Weretilneck was comfortably reelected to a second term in 2015. His Juntos Somos Río Negro (Together We Are Río Negro) alliance defeated the Front for Victory (FpV) candidate, Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, by 53% to 34%.[9]
References[]
- ^ "El vice Alberto Weretilneck asumirá como gobernador el martes". Clarín. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Quién es Alberto Weretilneck". La Noticia 1. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Adriana Puiggrós es la nueva Presidenta del Frente Grande". Frente Grande. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "Frente Grande: Conformidad por la consolidación de la formula Soria – Weretilneck". Bariloche Digital. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Tras un confuso episodio, murió el gobernador de Río Negro, Carlos Soria". La Nación. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Weretilneck abrió las sesiones de la Legislatura". Bariloche 2000. 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Weretilneck inauguró la obra de la Costaners Sur de Viedma". ADN Río Negro. 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Weretilneck inauguró el anhelado edificio de la escuela de Chacay Huarruca". Gobierno de Río Negro. 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Weretilneck wins comfortably in election for Río Negro governor". Buenos Aires Herald. 14 June 2015.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Río Negro Province
- Argentine people of German descent
- Governors of Río Negro Province
- Broad Front (Argentina) politicians
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Members of the Argentine Senate