Alfredo Cornejo (politician)

Alfredo Cornejo (born 20 March 1962) is an Argentine politician. As president of its national committee, he leads the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He was Governor of Mendoza Province from 2015 to 2019. From 2019 to 2021 he was a National Deputy, and since 2021, he has been a National Senator for Mendoza.

Alfredo Cornejo
National Senator
Assumed office
10 December 2021
ConstituencyMendoza
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2019 – 10 December 2021
ConstituencyMendoza
President of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union
Assumed office
15 December 2017
Preceded byJosé Manuel Corral
Governor of Mendoza
In office
10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
Vice GovernorLaura Montero
Preceded byFrancisco Pérez
Succeeded byRodolfo Suárez
Personal details
Born (1962-03-20) 20 March 1962
San Carlos, Mendoza Province, Argentina
Political partyRadical Civic Union
Other political
affiliations		Juntos por el Cambio (2015–present)
ResidenceMendoza
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Alfredo Cornejo studied political sciences at the National University of Cuyo. He also worked as a professor at the university.

Political career

During his student years at the National University of Cuyo he was a student leader of the Franja Morada group.

He affiliated to the Radical Civic Union in 1983, and was elected as provincial senator for the 2002–2003 period. He was elected national deputy in 2005, and resigned in 2007 to run for mayor of Godoy Cruz. He served as mayor of Godoy Cruz for two terms, 2007–2011 and 2011–2015.[1]

Governor of Mendoza

In 2015 he was elected governor of the Mendoza Province and being one of the referents of Cambiemos in the interior of the country.[2]

In 2017, he was awarded Michel Temer with the Order of Rio Branco in recognition of the promotion of bilateral ties between the two regions.[3]

In 2018 Sebastián Piñera he was awarded the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins in the degree of Grand Officer in recognition of the collaboration in the integration of Argentina and Chile.[4]

In the same year, the Konex Foundation awarded him a Konex Award - Diploma of Merit as one of the most important Public Administrators of the last decade in Argentina.

References
  1. "Gobernador Alfredo Cornejo". Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. De 2015, 22 De Junio. "Tras la derrota, el gobernador de Mendoza se reunió con Cornejo". Infobae.
  3. "Brasil condecoró a Cornejo por fomentar los lazos bilaterales entre ambas regiones : Prensa Gobierno de Mendoza".
  4. "Cornejo, condecorado por el gobierno chileno - Sitio Andino". Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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