Gustavo Valdés

Gustavo Adolfo Valdés (born 15 October 1968) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician who is currently governor of Corrientes Province, since 10 December 2017. Previously, from 2013 to 2017, he was a National Deputy for Corrientes.

Gustavo Valdés
Governor of Corrientes
Assumed office
10 December 2017
Vice GovernorGustavo Canteros
Preceded byRicardo Colombi
Councillor of Magistracy
In office
18 November 2014 – 10 December 2017
Appointed byChamber of Deputies
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2013 – 10 December 2017
ConstituencyCorrientes
Minister of Government of Corrientes
In office
10 December 2009 – 10 December 2013
GovernorRicardo Colombi
Preceded byWalter Insaurralde
Succeeded byPedro Braillard Poccard
Personal details
Born (1968-10-15) 15 October 1968
Corrientes, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Political partyRadical Civic Union
Other political
affiliations		Encounter for Corrientes (2013–present)
Alma materNational University of the Northeast

Early life and education

Gustavo Adolfo Valdés was born on 15 October 1968 in Corrientes, into a political family: his father, Manuel Valdés, was twice mayor of Ituzaingó, while his mother, Juana Mosqueda, was a peronist councilwoman of the same city, where Valdés was raised. Valdés joined the Radical Civic Union (UCR) when he was 15, according to himself inspired by the figure of Raúl Alfonsín.[1]

Valdés was active in the UCR's student wing, Franja Morada, and was president of his high school's student union. He studied law at the National University of the Northeast, earning his licenciatura in 1994.[1]

Political career

Valdés was appointed director of the Corrientes delegation of the National Directorate of Migration in 1997, a post he held until 2001. Under the governorship of Ricardo Colombi, he was appointed as the province's Minister of Government.[2]

He was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 2013, as the first candidate in the Encuentro por Corrientes ("Encounter for Corrientes") list, which included the UCR; the list won with 46.9% of the vote.[3] In 2014 he was appointed by the Chamber of Deputies to serve as one of the lower house's representatives in the Council of Magistracy, becoming only the second ever representative from Corrientes to serve in the council after José Antonio Romero Feris.[4]

Governor of Corrientes

Ahead of the 2017 provincial election, incumbent governor Ricardo Colombi, who was term-limited, nominated Valdés to run for governor in the ECO list. He won the election with 54% of the vote.[5][6] The election was widely highlighted by national media, as Valdés had counted with the explicit endorsement of then-president Mauricio Macri.[1]

Personal life

Valdés is married to Cristina Inés Garro, whom he met while studying law and married in 1994. The couple have three children: María Milagros, Manuel Enrique and Gustavo Joaquín.[2] Valdés is a Roman Catholic and is against the legalization of abortion in Argentina.[7]

References
  1. Pepe, Gabriela (9 October 2017). "El joven militante alfonsinista que se transformó en delfín de la ola Cambiemos". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "¿Quién es Gustavo Valdés y por qué fue elegido sucesor?". El Litoral (in Spanish). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. "Dos diputados nacionales para ECO y uno para el FPV en Corrientes". Télam (in Spanish). 27 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. "El diputado nacional por Corrientes, Gustavo Valdés, integrará el Consejo de la Magistratura de la Nación". El Litoral (in Spanish). 12 November 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. "Gustavo Valdés: "El kirchnerismo se olvidó por completo de Corrientes"". Perfil (in Spanish). 9 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. Bravo, Martín (9 October 2017). "Gustavo Valdés: "Este triunfo abre una puerta al futuro y cierra definitivamente la del kirchnerismo"". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. "Aborto: uno por uno, cuál es la posición de los gobernadores". El País Digital (in Spanish). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ricardo Colombi		 Governor of Corrientes
2017–present		 Incumbent
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