José Manuel de la Sota
| José Manuel de la Sota | |
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| 59th Governor of Córdoba | |
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In office December 9, 2011 – December 10, 2015 |
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| Lieutenant | Alicia Pregno |
| Preceded by | Juan Schiaretti |
| Succeeded by | Juan Schiaretti |
| 57th Governor of Córdoba | |
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In office July 12, 1999 – December 10, 2007 |
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| Lieutenant | Germán Kammerath (1999) Hernán Olivero (acting 1999–2003) Juan Schiaretti (2003–07) |
| Preceded by | Ramón Mestre |
| Succeeded by | Juan Schiaretti |
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Senator for Córdoba Province |
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In office December 10, 1995 – July 12, 1999 |
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| Personal details | |
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November 28, 1949 Córdoba, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Silvia Zanichelli (1972—89) Olga Ruitort (1989—2004) |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba |
| Profession | Lawyer |
José Manuel de la Sota (born November 28, 1949) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was the governor of Córdoba Province from 1999 until 2007, and was reelected to the post in 2011. Possible candidate in the 2015 presidential election in the Christian Democratic Party, part of the United for a New Alternative.
Born in Córdoba, de la Sota studied law at the National University of Córdoba and married Silvia Zanichelli, the daughter of former Governor Arturo Zanichelli, in 1972. He was designated Legislative Secretary to Córdoba Councilman Miguel Flores, a left-wing Peronist, in 1973, and Chief of Staff to Mayor José Domingo Coronel, a right-wing Peronist, in 1975; the March 1976 coup, however, cut his political career short.
The return of democracy in 1983 led de la Sota to run in the Justicialist Party (Peronist) primaries for governor. Coming in second, he ran for Mayor of Córdoba, but was amply defeated by UCR candidate Ramón Mestre. He was, despite a continued poor showing by the Peronists in the province, one of four candidates elected on the party list to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Córdoba Province in 1985. He served in the 1986 Provincial Constitutional Convention as the body's Vice President, and secured the nomination as candidate for governor in 1987; he was defeated by the incumbent, Eduardo Angeloz of the UCR, by 5%, however.
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