Jorge Obeid

Jorge Obeid
Jorge Obeid
	Mayor of Santa Fe
	In office; 1989–1995
Preceded by	Carlos Martínez
Succeeded by	Horacio Rosatti
Personal details
Born	24 November 1947; Diamante, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Died	28 January 2014 (aged 66); Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party; Front for Victory (2003–2014)
Spouse	Elba Kemer
Alma mater	National University of the Littoral
Profession	Chemical engineer

Jorge Alberto Obeid (24 November 1947 – 28 January 2014) was an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician who was twice governor of Santa Fe Province and thrice a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.

Early life and education

Obeid was born in

March 1976 coup, and returning from exile in Peru in 1977 to visit family in Diamante he was detained. Following the return of democracy in 1983, Obeid worked as a chemist in a polyurethane plant.^[1] He married Elba Inés Kemer, and they had five children.^[2]

Political career

Obeid remained active in Peronist politics after his return, and in 1987 was elected to the Santa Fe City Council. He became President of the Council in 1989, and when Mayor Carlos Aurelio Martínez resigned later that year, he succeeded him as mayor.

1994 Constitutional Convention.^[1]

Governor of Santa Fe

He was elected governor of the province for the first time in 1995, winning an election that was fraught with problems, including a breakdown in the computer system counting the ballots that forced a recount to be done by hand. Obeid was declared the winner after 37 days, subsequent to charges of fraud and manipulation. He was backed by outgoing governor

Alliance candidate Horacio Usandizaga and an alternative Peronist candidate backed by President Carlos Menem, Rosario Mayor Héctor Cavallero. He served until 1999, when former Governor Reutemann was returned by voters to a second four-year term.^[3]

The provincial constitution of Santa Fe does not allow for reelection of a governor, and Obeid was elected to the

party list for seats in the Chamber of Deputies. His term as governor ended in December 2007 and he was succeeded by the Socialist Mayor of Rosario, Hermes Binner.^[1]

He served one more full term as Congressman from 2007 to 2011, and returned to Congress in 2013. Obeid died the following month, however, of a pulmonary embolism; he was 66.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jorge Obeid, el regreso de una figura con peso propio". InfoNews. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Murió Jorge Obeid, diputado y ex gobernador de Santa Fe". La Nación. 28 January 2014.
^ "Triunfó Reutemann y festejó todo el PJ". La Nación. 29 July 1998.

Preceded by Carlos Reutemann	Governor of Santa Fe 1995–1999	Succeeded by Carlos Reutemann
Preceded by Carlos Reutemann	Governor of Santa Fe 2003–2007	Succeeded by Hermes Binner

[in-1] "Jorge Obeid, el regreso de una figura con peso propio". InfoNews. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

[p-2] "Murió Jorge Obeid, diputado y ex gobernador de Santa Fe". La Nación. 28 January 2014.

[3] "Triunfó Reutemann y festejó todo el PJ". La Nación. 29 July 1998.

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