Fabián Ríos (politician)

Roberto Fabián Ríos (8 February 1964 – 3 October 2022)[1] was an Argentine politician. He was intendente (mayor) of Corrientes from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a National Deputy and a National Senator for Corrientes Province. He also served as an official of the state-owned bank Banco de la Nación Argentina. Ríos, an electrical engineer by profession, was a member of the Justicialist Party.

Fabián Ríos
Mayor of Corrientes
In office
10 December 2013  10 December 2017
Preceded byCarlos Espínola
Succeeded byEduardo Tassano
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2011  10 December 2013
ConstituencyCorrientes
National Senator
In office
10 December 2003  10 December 2009
ConstituencyCorrientes
Personal details
Born(1964-02-08)8 February 1964
Corrientes, Argentina
Died3 October 2022(2022-10-03) (aged 58)
Political partyJusticialist Party
ProfessionElectrical engineer

Ríos qualified as an electrical engineer at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE). He was active in the Peronist Youth and was President of his faculty's student union. Between 1987 and 1993 he worked in the provincial energy department. In 1995 he became an assistant to the Justicialist deputies in the Argentine Congress, becoming a government advisor in 1998. In 1999 he returned to Congress as an assistant to the Justicialist senators.

In 1999, Ríos was elected to the Corrientes provincial legislature and re-elected in 2001. In 2003 he was elected a national Senator. He joined the Front for Victory parliamentary group, supporting the national government of President Néstor Kirchner. In 2008 he took over the chairmanship of the Budget and Treasury Committee after the resignation of Sen. Roberto Urquía to this post. In 2009 he unsuccessfully ran for the Corrientes governorship, finishing in third place. His term as Senator expired on 10 December 2009 and he was appointed a director of the state-owned bank Banco de la Nación Argentina afterwards. In 2011 he was elected National Deputy for Corrientes Province.

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