Carlos Verna
Carlos Verna | |
|---|---|
Oscar Mario Jorge | |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2009 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | La Pampa |
| In office 21 April 1993 – 10 December 2003 | |
| Constituency | La Pampa |
| Mayor of General Pico | |
| In office 10 December 1987 – 10 December 1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1946 América, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Profession | Engineer |
Carlos Alberto Verna (born 8 May 1946) is an
intendente (mayor) of General Pico
.
Career
Verna entered public service as Mayor of
SIDE funds diverted to senators by the government of Fernando de la Rúa for their support of a labor law flexibilization bill in 2000. Consequently, Verna declared he would not seek political office following the end of his term in 2007,[2]
and he left office in December 2007.
Verna was returned to his former seat in the Senate in 2009; he campaigned with markedly anti-
foreign debt retirement.[3]
He ran for a new term as governor of La Pampa in 2015. He first defeated the Kirchnerite Fabián Bruna, proposed by the governor Óscar Jorge for the primary elections.[4]
He announced in September 2018 that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He said that he would not run for reelection in 2019 and leave politics. He also said that he had no intention to stay until the end of his term of office, but that he may resign if his condition gets worse.[5]
References
- ^ "La Política Online: Marín podría volver a la gobernación". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2006.
- ^ Clarín (12 Sep 2006)
- ^ Clarín (24 Feb 2010)
- ^ "La Pampa: Verna intenta desplazar al kirchnerismo" [La Pampa: Verna attempts to remove Kirchnerism] (in Spanish). La Nación. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Verna reveló que padece cáncer y anunció que no irá por la reelección en La Pampa" [Carlos Verna revealed that he has cancer and announced that he will not run for reelection in La Pampa] (in Spanish). La Nación. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
External links
- (in Spanish) La Pampa Province