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

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.

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. 1 2 3 "Murió Nina Aragonés de Juárez, exgobernadora de Santiago del Estero". La Nacion. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. 1 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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