Mercedes Mariana "Nina" Aragonés de Juárez[2] (12 September 1926[1] – 25 July 2023) was an Argentine politician who was Governor of Santiago del Estero Province from 2002 to 2004. The wife of longtime governor and local caudillo[3] Carlos Arturo Juárez, Aragonés was the last head of a provincial state in Argentina removed from office through federal intervention.
Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Santiago del Estero | |
| In office 12 December 2002 – 1 April 2004 | |
| Vice Governor |
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| Preceded by | Darío Moreno (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Lanusse (interim) |
| Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 15 December 2001 | |
| Governor | Carlos Arturo Juárez |
| Preceded by | Luis María Juan José Peña |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Leguizamón |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 1993 – 1 September 1999 | |
| Constituency | Santiago del Estero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1926[1] Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| Died | 25 July 2023 (aged 96) Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist |
| Spouse | Carlos Arturo Juárez |
Biography
editMercedes Aragonés de Juárez was born on 12 September 1926.[1] She was the second-ever woman to serve as governor of a province in Argentina, and the first in Santiago del Estero.[4] She assumed office upon the resignation of Governor Carlos Ricardo Díaz, in whose ticket Aragonés had been elected as vice-governor.[5] In 2004, facing numerous accusations of corruption and embezzlement, she was removed from office by President Néstor Kirchner through federal intervention, a constitutional mechanism wherein the federal government of Argentina can intervene in a provincial government.[6]
In addition to the governorship, she held the positions of National Deputy representing Santiago del Estero, Minister of Women's Affairs, and president of the provincial chapter of the Female Peronist Party.[2]
Aragonés de Juárez died on 25 July 2023, at the age of 96.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Murió Nina Aragonés de Juárez, exgobernadora de Santiago del Estero". La Nacion. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Los Juárez, 55 años en el poder". El Cronista (in Spanish). 28 March 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Ybarra, Gustavo (1 March 2017). "Santiago del Estero: Zamora reemplazaría a su esposa y no hay visos de alterar su hegemonía". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Tarricone, Manuel; Santi, Mariana (17 June 2019). "De los 14 gobernadores electos en 2019, sólo una es mujer". Chequeado (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Nina va en camino a la gobernación". Página/12 (in Spanish). 25 November 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Dandan, Alejandra (4 July 2010). "La definitiva muerte de un caudillo". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Murió a los 96 años Mercedes Marina Aragonés de Juárez". Diario Panorama. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.