Hugo Omar Cóccaro (4 May 1954 – 21 July 2019) was an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who served as governor of Tierra del Fuego Province (formerly Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands).
Hugo Cóccaro | |
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| Governor of Tierra del Fuego | |
| In office 25 October 2005 – 10 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Colazo |
| Succeeded by | Fabiana Ríos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1954[1] Saladillo, Buenos Aires Province |
| Died | 21 July 2019 (aged 65) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Profession | Sawmill proprietor |
Life
editBorn in Saladillo, Buenos Aires Province, Cóccaro relocated to Tierra del Fuego at age 20 with his brother, with whom he started a construction firm.[2] He later purchased the San Justo Estancia, a lenga beech sawmill near Río Grande.[3] He had four daughters, and his marriage ended in separation.[2][4]
Cóccaro entered politics in 2003, when he was elected vice-governor under Governor Jorge Colazo of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He fell out with Colazo, however, and there were public rows between them. He became acting governor of Tierra del Fuego on 25 October 2005, when Colazo was suspended, and was confirmed in the post on 2 December.
His tenure was marked by its failed support for RENASA, a provincial petroleum concern, and a subsequent impeachment.[5][6] Cóccaro was not removed in his impeachment. Cóccaro ran for reelection in 2007, and won the first round; but he was defeated in the runoff by Fabiana Ríos, the first woman to be elected governor in the history of Argentina.
Cóccaro died on 21 July 2019 in Buenos Aires at the age of 65.[7] The cause was cancer.[8]
References
edit- ^ Coccaro Hugo Omar
- ^ a b Clarín: Monitor electoral Archived 24 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Clarín (in Spanish)
- ^ Clarín: a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores (in Spanish)
- ^ Tiempo Fuegino Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "Tierra del Fuego with two governors". MercoPress. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Tenía 64 años: Falleció en Buenos Aires el ex gobernador Hugo Cóccaro (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció el ex gobernador de la Provincia Hugo Cóccaro Archived 22 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Tierra de Fuego Province