Carlos Soria
Carlos Ernesto Soria (born March 1, 1949 in Bahía Blanca , Province of Buenos Aires , Argentina , † January 1, 2012 in General Roca , Province of Río Negro , Argentina) was an Argentine lawyer and politician of the Peronist Party , the last governor of the Province of Río Negro was.
Life
After attending school, Soria studied law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and worked as a lawyer after being admitted to the bar.
He began his political career when he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies ( Cámara de Diputados ) for the first time on December 10, 1983 and represented the province of Río Negro there until September 21, 1999. He then became Minister of Justice and Security in the government of the Province of Buenos Aires, but after a few weeks on December 10, 1999, he handed this office over to Aldo Rico. Instead, he was again elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, in which he now represented the Province of Buenos Aires until January 2, 2002.
On January 2, 2002, President named Eduardo Duhalde Minister of Intelligence ( Secretaría de Inteligencia ). In this position he was responsible for the system of the Argentine secret services, the Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional, until his replacement by Miguel Ángel Toma on July 10, 2002 .
In the gubernatorial elections of August 30, 2003, he ran for the first time for the office of governor of the province of Río Negro, but lost 30.2 percent to the candidate of the Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) and previous mayor of the city of General Roca, Miguel Saiz, the 32nd , Received 6 percent of the vote, while third-placed Julio Arriaga from the Provincial Party Encuentro por los Rionegrinos received 20.5 percent of the vote. On December 10, 2003, Soria was elected mayor of General Roca to succeed Miguel Saiz and held that office until December 9, 2011.
In the gubernatorial elections on September 25, 2011, he was elected as a candidate for Frente para la Victoria , an electoral alliance within the Peronist Party, with 49 percent of the vote for governor of the province of Río Negro, while his opponent César Barbeito from the Concertación para el Desarrollo around 36 Percent of the vote received. He held this position after being sworn in on December 9, 2011 until his death from a head shot in the bedroom of his country house on January 1, 2012. After his death, the previous Lieutenant Governor Alberto Weretilneck took over the post of governor. One day after his death, his wife Susana Freydoz was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Web links
- Entry in rulers.org
- Murió el gobernador Rionegrino Carlos Soria: Soria sefindraba con su mujer en la habitación donde murió . In: La Nación of January 1, 2012
- Murió Carlos Soria, conmoción en Río Negro (rionegro.com, January 1, 2012)
- Argentina: Governor Carlos Soria shot dead in his marriage bed . In: Hamburger Abendblatt from January 2, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soria, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soria, Carlos Ernesto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bahía Blanca , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2012 |
| Place of death | General Roca , Río Negro Province , Argentina |