- Maurice Closs
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Maurice Closs Governor Maurice Closs. Governor of Misiones Incumbent Assumed office
10 December 2007Lieutenant Sandra Giménez Preceded by Carlos Rovira Argentine senator
from Misiones ProvinceIn office
10 December 2005 – 9 December 2007Succeeded by Eduardo Torres Personal details Born 10 June 1971
Aristóbulo del Valle, Misiones, ArgentinaPolitical party Front for the Renewal of Concord Profession Lawyer Maurice Fabián 'Mauri' Closs (born 10 June 1971) is an Argentine politician, formerly of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) but now leading the Front for the Renewal of Concord, allied to the Front for Victory in support of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He is current governor of Misiones Province and a former senator.[1]
Born in Aristóbulo del Valle, Misiones, Closs graduated as a lawyer from the National University of the Northeast, and studied at postgraduate level at the National University of Misiones. He worked in the family business and studied further at California State University and at CEPAL, in Chile.[1]
Between 1996 and 2000, Closs headed the Radical Youth movement and in 2002 he was elected president of the Misiones national committee of the UCR.[1] In 2003, Closs and most of his fellow Misiones Radicals joined the Front for the Renewal of Concord in support of the re-election of incumbent Justicialist Party governor Carlos Rovira.[1]
Following the election, Rovira appointed Closs as chief of cabinet, and in 2005 he was elected to the Senate for the Front, becoming the youngest senator in the country at age 35. He sat in support of then President Néstor Kirchner.[1]
Closs was elected governor in 2007.
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Preceded by
Carlos RoviraGovernor of Misiones
10 December 2007–presentIncumbent Current Governors of Argentine Provinces and Chief of Government of Buenos Aires City BA City: Mauricio Macri (PRO)
BA Province: Daniel Scioli (PJ)
Catamarca: E. Brizuela del Moral (UCR)
Chaco: Jorge Capitanich (PJ)
Chubut: Mario Das Neves (PJ)
Córdoba: Juan Schiaretti (PJ)Corrientes: Ricardo Colombi (UCR)
Entre Ríos: Sergio Urribarri (PJ)
Formosa: Gildo Insfrán (PJ)
Jujuy: Walter Barrionuevo (PJ)
La Pampa: Oscar Mario Jorge (PJ)
La Rioja: Luis Beder Herrera (PJ)Mendoza: Celso Jaque (PJ)
Misiones: Maurice Closs (PJ)
Neuquén: Jorge Sapag (MPN)
Río Negro: Miguel Saiz (UCR)
Salta: Juan Manuel Urtubey (PJ)
San Juan: José Luis Gioja (PJ)San Luis: Alberto Rodríguez Saá (PJ)
Santa Cruz: Daniel Peralta (PJ)
Santa Fe: Hermes Binner (PS)
Sgo del Estero: Gerardo Zamora (UCR)
Tierra del Fuego: Fabiana Ríos (ARI)
Tucumán: José Alperovich (PJ)External links
- (Spanish) Misiones Province
- (Spanish) Official website
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Misiones Province
- Argentine people of German descent
- National University of the Northeast alumni
- California State University alumni
- Members of the Argentine Senate
- Radical Civic Union politicians
- Governors of Misiones
- Argentine politician stubs
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