Julio Alak
| Julio Alak | |
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| Minister of Justice and Human Rights | |
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In office July 8, 2009 – December 10, 2015 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Germán Garavano |
| Mayor of La Plata | |
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In office December 10, 1991 – December 10, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Pablo Pinto |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Bruera |
| Personal details | |
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January 9, 1958 Benito Juárez, Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marita Scarpino |
| Alma mater | National University of La Plata |
Julio César Alak (born January 9, 1958) is an Argentine politician, the former mayor of the Buenos Aires Province capital of La Plata, and former Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina.
Alak was born to a family of Spanish, Italian and Armenian descent in Benito Juárez, a pampas town in Buenos Aires Province. He worked as a journalist while studying law at the University of La Plata, and joined Chacho Álvarez and other center-left Peronists supporting Antonio Cafiero in the APU. Alak taught Public Law at the university and established a private practice. He married Marita Scarpino and had three children. Alak joined the Justicialist Party in 1984.
Alak became the President of the La Plata branch of the party in 1988, and was nominated its mayoral candidate in 1991. He won the election, narrowly defeating the incumbent UCR mayor, and held the post until the 2007 election.
In the 1990s, Alak pushed through the construction of a new stadium for La Plata, over the objections of the two major football clubs, which chose to remain in their home fields.
Concurrently, Alak sponsored a minor club, La Plata FC, which some claimed was part of an Alak patronage scheme. Significant sums were allegedly spent from the city budget for activities related to that club, which has virtually no following. For some time, it was thought that it would be the only side to play in the new stadium, which was used mainly for concerts.
When a security regulation forbidding wooden stands came into effect in 2005, Estudiantes de La Plata relocated their home games to the Bosque (the field of rival side Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), and later to the Quilmes stadium. The municipality has refused to allow Estudiantes an upgrade of their field, and ignored a court order that allowed its operation until a better solution was found. This behavior triggered animosity in the Estudiantes fan base.
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