Osvaldo Mércuri (1944/1945 – 6 February 2021) was an Argentine politician, based in Buenos Aires Province, and member of the Justicialist Party. He was a longtime member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies from 1985 to 2005.[1] This included two tenures as the President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies: 7 December 1989, to 8 December 1997, and again from 7 December 2001, until 10 December 2005.[2] Mércuri also chaired the national 1994 Constitutional Reform Convention and the Justicialist Party conference.[2]
Osvaldo Mércuri | |
|---|---|
| President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 7 December 2001 – 10 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Aldo San Pedro |
| Succeeded by | Ismael Pasaglia |
| In office 8 December 1989 – 7 December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Rodolfo Almar |
| Succeeded by | Francisco José Ferro |
| Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 1985 – 10 December 2005 | |
| Constituency | Third Electoral Section |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 or 1945 Lomas de Zamora, Argentina |
| Died | (aged 76) San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse | Maria Elena |
Biography
editMércuri was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.[2]
At the time of his death, Mércuri was serving as a member of the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur).[1] His term in Parlasaur was scheduled to expire on 31 December 2021.[1]
Mércuri died from COVID-19 at a hospital in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, where he had been hospitalized for three weeks, on 6 February 2021, at the age of 76.[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Maria Elena, and their children.[2] Former President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde, a friend and close political ally, paid tribute to Mércuri on Twitter following his death.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Murió Osvaldo Mércuri, histórico dirigente justicialista". La Nación. Yahoo News. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Murió por coronavirus Osvaldo Mércuri, histórico dirigente peronista bonaerense". Infobae. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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