José Manuel de la Sota

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José Manuel de la Sota
Governor of Córdoba
In office
10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015
DeputyAlicia Pregno
Preceded byJuan Schiaretti
Succeeded byJuan Schiaretti
In office
12 July 1999 – 10 December 2007
LieutenantGermán Kammerath (1999)
Hernán Olivero (acting 1999–2003)
Juan Schiaretti (2003–07)
Preceded byRamón Mestre
Succeeded byJuan Schiaretti
National Senator
In office
10 December 1995 – 12 July 1999
ConstituencyCórdoba
Personal details
Born(1949-11-28)28 November 1949
Traffic accident
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Union for Córdoba
United for a New Alternative
Spouse(s)Silvia Zanichelli (1972—89)
Olga Riutort (1989—2004)
Alma materNational University of Córdoba
ProfessionLawyer

José Manuel de la Sota (28 November 1949 – 15 September 2018) was an Argentine politician who was a member of

Córdoba Province
from 1999 until 2007, and was reelected to the post for the 2011–15 term.

Early life and career

Born in

March 1976 coup, however, cut his political career short.[1]

The

Córdoba Province in 1985. He served in the 1986 Provincial Constitutional Convention as the body's Vice President, and secured the nomination as candidate for governor in 1987; he was defeated by the incumbent, Eduardo Angeloz
of the UCR, by 5%, however.

The tragic death in 1989 of one of his daughters led to his divorce, and in December 1989, he married Olga Riutort, a

Ambassador to Brazil. De la Sota again ran for governor of Córdoba in 1991. Defeated by Governor Angeloz by over 15%, this latter setback was significant because it cost De la Sota much of his support within the Justicialist Party (which was flush with victory in the 1991 mid-terms), leading to President Carlos Menem
's endorsement of a separate party list in Córdoba for the 1993 mid-term elections, and to De la Sota's failure to regain a seat in Congress.

The

national sales tax
of 15%, and would limit spending.

Governorship

He was elected

Governor of Córdoba in December 1998, defeating Governor Mestre (in the first Córdoba governor's race won by Peronists since the 1950s). He launched a putative campaign for president in 2002,[2]
though he withdrew in favor of his candidacy for a second four-year term as governor, which he obtained by nearly 15%.

De la Sota and Olga Riutort had two daughters, but divorced in 2004.[3] As governor, he emphasized public works, and during his tenure, 340 schools and over 20,000 public housing units were completed (in a province of 3 million inhabitants). He reaped controversy, however, following his creation of a Corruption Prosecution Office in 2000. The director appointed to the office, Luis Juez, uncovered evidence of corruption by, among others, Córdoba Mayor Germán Kammerath, Public Works Minister Carlos Caserio, and the governor's chief of staff (and wife), Olga Riutort.[4] Lacking support from the governor, Juez resigned on October 10, 2002.[5] The governor's expropriation of the former Ferreyra Palace in 2005 for its use as the Evita Fine Arts Museum also proved contentious; the Ferreya family was reportedly compensated with a fraction of the landmark's market value, and most of the mansion's grand interiors were lost during its subsequent conversion as a museum.[6]

He joined President

Federal Peronist faction opposed to Kirchnerism.[11]

The governor sought the nomination for president during the 2015 election on the centrist United for a New Alternative, coming in second to Sergio Massa on the 9 August primary. His support of right-wing candidate Mauricio Macri ahead of the November 22 runoff helped Macri win Córdoba Province by 43%, giving him a 931,000 margin in the province that exceeded the 679,000 margin he won nationwide.[12]

De la Sota died in a car crash on 15 September 2018; he was 68.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Murió José Manuel De la Sota, ex gobernador de Córdoba". Clarin (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Clarín (August 24, 2002)
  3. ^ "De la Sota se separó de su esposa, Olga Riutort". La Nación.
  4. ^ "Quien es Luis Juez". Luis Juez. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "Fue destituido el fiscal anticorrupción de Córdoba". La Nación.
  6. ^ Cadena3 (September 26, 2009) (in Spanish)
  7. ^ La Voz del Interior (10/2/2007) Archived August 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "José Manuel De la Sota se definiría por Cristina Fernández de Kirchner". El Ojo Digital.
  9. ^ "De la Sota claims victory in the Córdoba gubernatorial elections". Buenos Aires Herald.
  10. ^ "Lorenzino compares De la Sota to an 'overlord' after failed conciliation meeting". Buenos Aires Herald.
  11. ^ "De la Sota estrena su alianza peronista disidente". Buenos Aires Económico. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013.
  12. ^ "¿Macri o Scioli? La sugestiva carta de De la Sota a los militantes". Clarín. 9 November 2015.

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Preceded by
Governor of Córdoba

1999–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Governor of Córdoba

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