Miguel Ángel Acevedo (born 8 April 1960)[citation needed] is an Argentine public accountant and politician. He has been the vice governor of the Province of Tucumán since 2023.
Biography
editMiguel Ángel Acevedo was born in Ceres, Santa Fe. His family moved to San Miguel de Tucumán when he was four.[1][2] He received his degree as a national public accountant from the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North.[citation needed]
In 1984, Acevedo became a technician for the General Directorate of Organization and Methods of Tucumán Province. He became the head of the directorate in the 1990s during the military governorship of Antonio Domingo Bussi. During this period, he also became secretary of state for finance and was the province's minister of economy.[1][2]
In the early 2000s, Acevedo became aligned with the Peronist state governments of Julio Miranda and José Alperovich, and became a trusted member of their administrations. In 2002, he was appointed director of fiscal policy. From 2003 until 2007, he was the "Undersecretary of State of the Secretariat of Coordination with Municipalities and Rural Communes", and was secretary of that department from 2007 until 2015. In 2015, Acevedo became the province's interior minister.[1][2]
After the candidacy of Juan Luis Manzur, who was running for vice governor of Tucumán, was annulled by the Supreme Court of Argentina on 9 May 2023,[3] Acevedo was presented as a replacement candidate, becoming the running mate of Osvaldo Jaldo of the Frente de Todos party.[1][2] Jaldo and Acevedo were elected with 55% of the votes in the 2023 Argentine provincial elections.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Quién es Miguel Acevedo, el nuevo candidato a vicegobernador de Tucumán por el Frente de Todos" [Who is Miguel Acevedo, the New Candidate for Vice-governor of Tucumán for Frente de Todos]. Página 12 (in Spanish). 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ a b c d "Elecciones en Tucumán: quién es Miguel Acevedo, el candidato a vice que ocupará el lugar de Manzur" [Elections in Tucumán: Who is Miguel Acevedo, the Vice Candidate Who Will Take Manzur's Place]. La Nación (in Spanish). 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Blanco, Patricia (2023-05-09). "A solo cinco días de su realización, la Corte Suprema suspendió las elecciones en San Juan y en Tucumán" [Just Five Days From Their Completion, the Supreme Court Suspended the Elections in San Juan and Tucumán]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "Escrutinio definitivo en Tucumán: Jaldo ganó con un 55% de los votos" [Final Tally in Tucumán: Jaldo Won With 55% of the Votes]. Ámbito Financiero (in Spanish). 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "Elecciones en Tucumán: Jaldo obtuvo más de 612.000 votos y le sacó 21 puntos a Sánchez" [Elections in Tucumán: Jaldo Obtained More Than 612,000 Votes and Took 21 Points From Sánchez]. La Gaceta (in Spanish). 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2024-04-14.