Gerardo Morales (Argentine politician)
| Gerardo Morales | |
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| Governor of Jujuy Province | |
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Assumed office December 10, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Eduardo Fellner |
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Argentine Senator from Jujuy Province |
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In office December 10, 2001 – December 10, 2015 |
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| President of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union | |
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In office December 1, 2006 – December 5, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Roberto Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Sanz |
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July 18, 1959 Jujuy Province |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Profession | Public accountant |
Gerardo Rubén Morales (born July 18, 1959) is an Argentine politician, leader of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He is a member of the Argentine Senate representing Jujuy Province, elected for the Front of Jujuy. He was a candidate for Vice President of Argentina on Roberto Lavagna's UNA ticket in the 2007 elections.
Morales was born in Jujuy Province. He worked on the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano railway as a waiter at age 18, and was promoted to the post of administrator. He enrolled at the National University of Jujuy, where he earned a degree in Accountancy. Morales was later appointed Director of Liquidations at the Provincial Insurance Institute. He also lectured and was politically active at university, teaching in Political Economy courses from 1985 to 1993. He married in 1985, and had three children; he admitted to past infidelities in a 2008 interview.
In 1989 Morales was elected as a provincial deputy and in 1993 became leader of the UCR block in the legislature. He served as president of the Finance Committee in 1991 and 1992. He was nominated for Vice Governor of Jujuy in a defeated 1991 UCR ticket, and with the support of party leader Raúl Alfonsín, ran for Governor of Jujuy in 1995 and 1999, albeit unsuccessfully. He stepped down as a Jujuy Congressman in 2000 to join the national government of President Fernando de la Rúa as Secretary for Social Development. Morales was elected to the Argentine Senate in 2001 mid-term elections.
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