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Encyclopedia > Miguel Saiz
Miguel Saiz

 Governor of Río Negro
In office
2003 – 2007
Lieutenant(s) Mario De Rege
Preceded by Pablo Verani
Succeeded by incumbent

Born 1949-05-17
Political party Radical Civic Union
Profession lawyer

Miguel Saiz (b. 1949-05-17) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, current governor of Río Negro Province. The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ... Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. ...


Saiz studied at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and became a lawyer. He led the National Register of secured credit and was Vice President of the Caja Forense de Río Negro and Presidente of the “Sancor” insurance co-operative. In 1983 he became involved in the UCR and became a councillor in General Roca in 1989. In 1991 he was elected mayor of the city, re-elected in 1995 and serving until 1999. He became a provincial deputy in 1999 and was president of the UCR-Frepaso Alliance block. The Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), is the oldest university in Argentina, and the oldest in South America. ... A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) comprises a legal entity owned and democratically controlled by its members, with no passive shareholders. ... General Roca is a city in the northeast of the Argentine province of Río Negro, northern Patagonia. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Argentine political parties ...


Saiz was elected governor of the province in 2003 defeating Carlos Soria; his term expires in 2007. He is a leading supporter in Radical ranks of Peronist President Néstor Kirchner but is likely to be opposed by leading Justicialist Party politician Miguel Ángel Pichetto in the 2007 governor election. Kirchner is considering backing Saiz at the expense of his own party [1]. Carlos Soria was the Secretary of Intelligence of the Argentine Republic during parts 2002. ... Peronism is an Argentine political ideology based on the ideas and programs associated with former president Juan Perón. ... Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ...  , full name Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoic (born 25 February 1950), is the President of Argentina, sworn in on May 25, 2003. ... The Justicialist Party (Spanish: Partido Justicialista, PJ) is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement. ... Argentina will hold national presidential and legislative elections on 27 October 2007 to elect a President of Argentina and for the Argentine Congress. ...


External links

  • Río Negro Province (Spanish)
Preceded by
Pablo Verani
Governor of Río Negro
2003 – present
Incumbent


 

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