Alberto Rodríguez Saá
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Alberto Rodríguez Saá | |
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Governor of San Luis | |
In office December 10, 2015 – December 10, 2023 | |
Vice Governor | Carlos Ponce |
Preceded by | Claudio Poggi |
Succeeded by | Claudio Poggi |
In office December 10, 2003 – December 9, 2011 | |
Vice Governor | Blanca Pereyra (2003-07) Jorge Pellegrini (2007-11) |
Preceded by | Alicia Lemme |
Succeeded by | Claudio Poggi |
National Senator | |
In office March 8, 2000 – March 14, 2001 | |
Constituency | San Luis |
In office December 10, 1983 – December 14, 1994 | |
Constituency | San Luis |
Personal details | |
Born | San Luis, Argentina | August 21, 1949
Political party | Justicialist Party |
Other political affiliations | Justice, Union and Freedom (2007–2011) Federal Commitment (2011–2019) |
Relatives | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (brother) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He was Governor of
.The Rodriguez Saá family is well known in the Province of San Luis and can be traced to the nineteenth century and to descendants of the
Biography
Born in San Luis, Rodriguez Saá completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned a law degree in 1974, specializing in Constitutional Guarantees. He married María Antonia Salino, and they had three children; they were later divorced.
He was hired as a legal advisor to the
Rodriguez Saá completed
In 2003 he called for mayoral elections in San Luis, although this exceeded his authority. For a year there were two municipal governments in the city, until the Argentine Supreme Court ruled against Rodriguez Saá and the municipal government his elections had installed was disbanded.[2]
Rodriguez Saa promoted a constitutional amendment blocking indefinite re-election in the Province of San Luis. He ran for president in the 2007 general election, representing the more conservative "internal line" of the Justicialist Party, which opposes Kirchnerism. His coalition won nearly 1.5 million votes in 2007 (7.6%), and earned fourth place in a crowded field.
In 2011, during his second term as Governor of the Province of San Luis, he was distinguished as “Global Ambassador for Peace” by the World Organization for Peace. This award is given to the highest world personalities such as
A friend of former U.S. vice president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Al Gore, with whom he has had several meetings in the Province of San Luis, Alberto Rodriguez Saá received several awards from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and an official acknowledgment from the Senate of Argentina, both for his environmental policies.
Soon after being nominated as Global Ambassador for Peace, Alberto Rodriguez Saá received the Tiradentes Medal, previous winners of which include former Brazilian President
The province of San Luis was voted the best managed in the country by private consultants for the seventh consecutive year, in Tax Efficiency Policy, Social indicators, Infrastructure, Fiscal Solvency and International Trade. Moreover, in its ambition to create a local "Silicon Valley," San Luis came fourth in a ranking of 150 'digital cities' developed by Motorola.
Rodríguez Saá sought the
International awards and honors
"Distinction for his commitment to environmental protection and combating desertification, land degradation and mitigating the effects of drought" (June 2011) delivered by the United Nations Convention to combat desertification.
Recognition to the Government of the Province of San Luis by the Senate of the Argentinian Nation (March 2011), for having signed on September 6, 2010, the Agreement called "Ten Commandments of peace between Progress and the Environment" and for the effective implementation of sustainable development policies. Upon signing the Treaty of Peace between Progress and the Environment, the Provincial Governor Alberto Rodriguez Saa was greeted by three Nobel Peace Prize winners (Wangari Maathai, Osvaldo Canziani, and Perez Esquivel).
"Tiradentes Medal", considered the highest distinction granted by the Carioca State. It is the same award that in previous years was assigned to former Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva and Pope John Paul II.
"Global Ambassador for Peace" (March 2011), the highest distinction made by the World Peace Organization in Geneva, for his policies put forward in San Luis on "Social Inclusion", "Sustainable Environment" "Health and Work", "Nuclear Nonproliferation," and "General Welfare", an honor previously bestowed upon Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations.
"Distinction of the United Nations Environment Program" based in Kenya (March 2011) for having planted more than four million trees. Recognition for his environmental leadership by former U.S. VP, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore during his visit to the Province of San Luis (2009)
Participation in the Global Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen 2010, along with the leaders and presidents of all the nations assembled in order to reach an international agreement on climate change.
"Global Leader" (February 2009), a distinction made by the United Nations through the United Nations Program for Environment for his contribution to the Billion Tree Campaign.
Public office
1983–1994: National Senator for the Province of San Luis. In this position he served as:
- President of the General Law Committee
- 1st vice-president of the Peronist bloc (unified) in 1988
- President of the Peronist bloc Honorable Senate of Argentina between 1989 and 1993.
2000: Re-elected Senator by the Province of San Luis.
2001: Chief of Cabinet of the Province of San Luis.
2003: Elected Governor of the Province of San Luis with a mandate until 2007.
2007: Re-elected Governor of the Province of San Luis with a mandate until 2011.
Academic activity
Professor of Labor and Commercial Law at Normal School "Juan Pascual Pringles" National University of San Luis.
Fellow Member of the San Luis History Board.
Honorary President and founder of the ICCED Foundation.
Honorary President and founder of the Institute of Historical and Social Studies "Juan Crisóstomo Lafinur"
Director of the Department of Regional Studies – Provincial Institute of Technology – San Luis
Professor of the Department Regional Studies – Provincial Institute of Technology – San Luis
Founder of "Institute of Legal Editions." San Luis 1999
Professor of the Department of Regional Studies – IUSI
Published works
"The Test of Desmalvinización." Buenos Aires-1985
"Argentine Model for the National Project". Buenos Aires-1986
"Critical Analysis on the national project." Buenos Aires, 1987
"San Luis a destination." San Luis 1997
"Dr. Juan Crisóstomo Lafinur, Notes." San Luis, 1997
"Tragic Cantata to the Death of Colonel Juan Pascual Pringles". San Luis, 2000
"Trilogy in Pringles," San Luis, 2001
References
- ISBN 9780521796590.
- ISBN 9780191016851.
- ISBN 9781107114081.
External links
- Wikipedia Español
- Provincia de San Luis
- Luis Juez
- Documental Alberto Rodríguez Saá on YouTube
- (in Spanish) The Rodriguez Saá Family (Spanish)
- (in Spanish) CuyoNoticias