José Alperovich
| José Alperovich | |
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| Governor of Tucumán | |
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In office October 29, 2003 – October 29, 2015 |
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| Lieutenant | Fernando Juri (2003-07) Juan Luis Manzur (2007-09) Sergio Mansilla (2009-11) Regino Amado (2011-15) Juan Luis Manzur (2015) |
| Preceded by | Julio Miranda |
| Succeeded by | Juan Luis Manzur |
| Senator from Tucumán | |
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In office December 10, 2001 – October 28, 2003 |
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| Senator from Tucumán | |
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Assumed office December 10, 2015 |
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| Personal details | |
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April 14, 1955 Banda del Río Salí |
| Political party | Front for Victory |
| Spouse(s) | Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich |
| Alma mater | National University of Tucumán |
| Profession | Accountant |
José Jorge Alperovich (born April 13, 1955) is an Argentine Kirchnerist politician and is currently the governor of Tucumán Province. He was elected in 2003, and reelected in 2007 and 2011. He is married to Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich, who has served as National Senator and president of the Justicialist Party in his province. Both Alperovich and Rojkés have been close allies of presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Alperovich was the first Jew to be elected Governor of Tucumán. He has called himself Argentina’s first Jewish governor; but that distinction belongs to Néstor Perl, who was governor of Chubut Province from 1987 to 1990.
Alperovich was born in Banda del Río Salí to Marta León, an Argentine Jew, and León Alperovich, a Lithuanian Jew from Lithuania whose parents had settled in one of the numerous Jewish agricultural colonies in Argentina. His father relocated to Tucumán Province and later established León Alperovich S.A., one of the most important auto dealerships in Tucumán.
He enrolled at the University of Tucumán, graduated as an accountant, and married Beatriz Rojkés, with whom he had four children.
He worked as an accountant for several years, then began his political career in the provincial legislature in 1995. He served as chairman of the provincial Committee of Finance and Budget under Governor Antonio Bussi.
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