Eduardo Brizuela del Moral
Eduardo Segundo Brizuela del Moral (born August 20, 1944) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. He was governor of Catamarca Province from 2003 to 2011, heading the Civic and Social Front of Catamarca.
Eduardo Brizuela del Moral | |
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| Governor of Catamarca | |
| In office December 10, 2003 – December 9, 2011 | |
| Lieutenant | Hernán Colombo |
| Preceded by | Oscar Castillo |
| Succeeded by | Lucía Corpacci |
| National Senator | |
| In office December 10, 2001 – December 10, 2003 | |
| Constituency | Catamarca |
| Mayor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca | |
| In office December 10, 1991 – December 10, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Fussi |
| Succeeded by | Humberto Rebellato |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eduardo Segundo Brizuela del Moral 20 August 1944 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Other political affiliations | Civic and Social Front of Catamarca |
| Profession | Agronomist |
Life
Eduardo Brizuela was born in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca and studied agronomy at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, from which he graduated in 1972. He became an academic in the field of topography and was named a member of the Provincial Agronomists Council, later heading the Bureau of Surveyors of Catamarca Province and of its capital. In 1986 he became rector of the Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, serving until 1991.
Politics
Brizuela was elected Mayor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in 1991. He was re-elected in 1995, and again in 1999. He served as vice-president of the Argentine Federation of Municipalities from 1998 to 2000. In 2001, he was elected to the Argentine Senate representing his home province, serving until the gubernatorial election in 2003.[1]
Eduardo Brizuela became a "K Radical," a UCR supporter of President Néstor Kirchner, and endorsed Kirchner in the 2007 elections.[2] He subsequently received the endorsement of Jorge Sobisch's conservative Movement of the United Provinces, in his own, successful re-election bid for governor. Following his re-election, Brizuela (and most K Radicals) broke with Kirchnerism as a result of the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector.
Brizuela ran for a third term as governor in the 2011 elections, being defeated by Senator Lucía Corpacci of the Kirchnerist Front for Victory by 83,711 votes over 76,627.[3]
External links
- Profile, Catamarca government
References
- "Eduardo Brizuela del Moral:Ideario similar al de Kirchner". Clarín. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12.
- Clarín
- Crucial victoria del kirchnerismo en Catamarca: destronó a la UCR (in Spanish)
| Preceded by Óscar Castillo |
Governor of Catamarca 2003—2011 |
Succeeded by Lucía Corpacci |