Carlos Soria
| Carlos Soria | |
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| Governor of Río Negro Province | |
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In office December 9, 2011 – January 1, 2012 |
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| [[Lieutenant Governor of Río Negro Province|Lieutenant]] | Alberto Weretilneck |
| Preceded by | Miguel Saiz |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Weretilneck |
| Mayor of General Roca, Río Negro | |
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In office December 10, 2003 – December 9, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Miguel Saiz |
| Succeeded by | Martín Soria |
| Secretary of State Intelligence | |
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In office January 2, 2002 – July 10, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Sargnese |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Ángel Toma |
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National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province |
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In office December 10, 1999 – January 2, 2002 |
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| Minister of Justice and Security for Buenos Aires Province |
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In office September 21, 1999 – December 10, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Osvaldo Lorenzo |
| Succeeded by | Aldo Rico |
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National Deputy for Río Negro Province |
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In office December 10, 1983 – September 21, 1999 |
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| Personal details | |
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March 1, 1949 Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| Died | January 1, 2012 (aged 62) General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party/Front for Victory |
| Spouse(s) | Susana Freydoz |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Carlos Ernesto Soria (March 1, 1949 – January 1, 2012) was an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician. He died in the early hours of January 1, 2012, from a gunshot wound, at his farm, after the New Year celebrations. Soria was the governor of Rio Negro Province at the time. His widow was charged with first-degree murder on January 19, 2012.
Soria was born in Bahía Blanca in 1949, and was raised in a nearby rural town, General Daniel Cerri. His father, Ernesto Soria, was an outspoken Peronist, and was arrested shortly after the 1955 coup against President Juan Perón. Following his release several months later, the Sorias relocated to Bariloche. The elder Soria was again arrested amid a crackdown on Peronist protests during a state visit to Bariloche by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower in March 1959, and was imprisoned in Bahía Blanca. He was released in April 1962 and the family settled in General Roca, Río Negro, where they opened a neighborhood store.
Carlos Soria enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, earning a Law degree in 1973. Elections that March returned Peronists to power, and Soria was elected to the local Justicialist Party (JP) chapter. He was later elected to the Provincial Council of the JP, and upon the return of democracy in 1983, won a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.
Soria would be elected to Congress for four consecutive terms, becoming Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee. He also served in the Justice, Impeachments, and Money Laundering committees; chaired the joint committee investigating the 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires and the 1994 AMIA bombing (the two most significant acts of Islamic terrorism in Argentine history); and served in the Council of Magistrates of the Nation.
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