Juan Carlos Marino (politician)
Juan Carlos Marino | |
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| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | La Pampa |
| Mayor of Miguel Riglos | |
| In office 1995–2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1963 Villa Maza, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Spouse | Daniela García |
| Website | Juan Carlos Marino |
Juan Carlos Marino (born October 23, 1963) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. From 2003 to 2021, he sat in the Argentine Senate representing La Pampa Province.
Biography
[edit]Born in rural Villa Maza, Buenos Aires Province,[1] Marino grew up in nearby Miguel Riglos, La Pampa Province. A farmer in his youth, he became active in politics in 1983 as a member of the local chapter of the centrist UCR; the party's standard bearer, Raúl Alfonsín, had just been elected President of Argentina after a 7-year dictatorship. He married Daniela García, and they had two daughters.[2]
Marino held several party positions and in 1991 was elected to the City Council. He was elected Mayor of Miguel Riglos in 1995 with 53% of the vote, becoming the town's first UCR figure to be elected to the position; he was re-elected in 1999 with 74% of the vote.[2] Marino was elected to the Argentine Senate for La Pampa in 2003. He was appointed secretary of the UCR caucus in the Senate in 2005.[2]
Marino was nominated as candidate for Governor of La Pampa in 2007 as the top of the FrePam (Frente Pampeano Cívico y Social) ticket, a coalition between the provincial UCR, Socialist Party, FreGen, MID, and dissident members of ARI. He was defeated by Justicialist Party nominee Óscar Jorge by 17%, however.[3]
Marino was re-elected to the Senate in 2009, and in 2010 became 1st vice-president of the Senate (the body's second-highest post).[2] He ran for governor on the FrePam ticket again in 2011, but was again defeated by Óscar Jorge (the incumbent) by 15%.[4] He was re-elected to the Senate in 2015.
Marino did not run for a fourth term in the Senate in 2021, and his term expired on 10 December 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "Directorio Legislativo: Senadores Nacionales" (PDF). Senado de la Nación. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26.
- ^ a b c d "Quien Soy". Juan Carlos Marino.
- ^ "La Pampa: Gobernador y Vice (2007)". Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10.
- ^ "La Pampa: Gobernador y Vice (2011)". Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10.