Gerardo Zamora is an Argentine politician. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Born in 1964, he has been governor of Santiago del Estero Province since 2005, and is a member of the Unión Cívica Radical. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country The Radical Civic Union (in Spanish Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a Political party in Argentina.
Zamora was a leading student politician, serving as President of Franja Morada at the Universidad Católica de Santiago del Estero and President of the UCR youth wing for two terms. He became a lawyer and continued his political activities. He was a provincial deputy in Santiago del Estero 1991-93 and stood to be Mayor of the city of Santiago del Estero in 1995. Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. He became a provincial deputy once again in 1997 and served as President of the UCR block until 1999. In that year he was elected vice-mayor of Santiago del Estero and took over as Mayor in 2001 when the incumbent resigned. In 2003 he was elected Mayor of the city with 64% of the vote, serving until 2004.
Zamora has been a key supporter of Peronist Presidents Néstor Kirchner and now Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Radical ranks and opposed leading UCR figures' plans to support an opposing candidate to the Kirchners in the 2007 Presidential elections. Peronism (Peronismo or Justicialism (Spanish Justicialismo) is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and programs associated with The President of Argentina (full title President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the Head of state Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (born February 25, 1950) was the President of Argentina from May 25, 2003 until December Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (born February 19 1953) commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner, is an Argentine He was elected governor in 2005 on the Civic Front for Santiago ticket, with the support of some Peronists and socialists as well as most Radicals in the province. The Civic Front for Santiago (Frente Cívico por Santiago is a provincial political electoral front in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.
From 2005 until 2007, Zamora's vice-governor was Emilio Rached. Emilio Alberto Rached (b 2 June 1959, Rosario, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine politician formerly of the Radical Civic When Rached was elected to the Argentine Senate in 2007, he was succeeded as vice-governor by Blanca Porcel. The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina.
| Preceded by Pablo Lanusse |
Governor of Santiago del Estero 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
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