Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez

Mercedes Mariana "Nina" Aragonés de Juárez[2] (12 September 1926[1] – 25 July 2023) was an Argentine politician who was Governor of Santiago del Estero Province from 2002 to 2004. The wife of longtime governor and local caudillo[3] Carlos Arturo Juárez, Aragonés was the last head of a provincial state in Argentina removed from office through federal intervention.

In this Argentine name, the surname is Aragonés and the marital name is Juárez.
Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez
Aragones de Juarez in 1995
Governor of Santiago del Estero
In office
12 December 2002 – 1 April 2004
Vice Governor
  • Darío Moreno
  • Joaquín Botta
Preceded byDarío Moreno (interim)
Succeeded byPablo Lanusse (interim)
Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero
In office
10 December 1999 – 15 December 2001
GovernorCarlos Arturo Juárez
Preceded byLuis María Juan José Peña
Succeeded byRicardo Leguizamón
National Deputy
In office
10 December 1993 – 1 September 1999
ConstituencySantiago del Estero
Personal details
Born(1926-09-12)12 September 1926[1]
Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Died25 July 2023(2023-07-25) (aged 96)
Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist
SpouseCarlos Arturo Juárez

Biography

Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez was born on 12 September 1926.[1] She was the second-ever woman to serve as governor of a province in Argentina, and the first in Santiago del Estero.[4] She assumed office upon the resignation of Governor Carlos Ricardo Díaz, in whose ticket Aragonés had been elected as vice-governor.[5] In 2004, facing numerous accusations of corruption and embezzlement, she was removed from office by President Néstor Kirchner through federal intervention, a constitutional mechanism wherein the federal government of Argentina can intervene in a provincial government.[6]

In addition to the governorship, she held the positions of National Deputy representing Santiago del Estero, Minister of Women's Affairs, and president of the provincial chapter of the Female Peronist Party.[2]

Aragonés de Juárez died on 25 July 2023, at the age of 96.[7]

References
  1. "Murió Nina Aragonés de Juárez, exgobernadora de Santiago del Estero". La Nacion. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. "Los Juárez, 55 años en el poder". El Cronista (in Spanish). 28 March 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. Ybarra, Gustavo (1 March 2017). "Santiago del Estero: Zamora reemplazaría a su esposa y no hay visos de alterar su hegemonía". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. Tarricone, Manuel; Santi, Mariana (17 June 2019). "De los 14 gobernadores electos en 2019, sólo una es mujer". Chequeado (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. "Nina va en camino a la gobernación". Página/12 (in Spanish). 25 November 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. Dandan, Alejandra (4 July 2010). "La definitiva muerte de un caudillo". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. "Murió a los 96 años Mercedes Marina Aragonés de Juárez". Diario Panorama. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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