- Roberto Romero
Infobox_Governor
name= Roberto Romero
caption=
order=
office= Governor of Salta
term_start= 1983
term_end=1987
lieutenant=
predecessor= (Proceso)
successor=Hernán Cornejo
birth_date=October 22 1927
birth_place=
profession= Newspaper owner
party=Justicialist Party
footnotes=Roberto Romero (
October 22 ,1927 ,Salta - February 1992) was an ArgentineJusticialist Party politician andbusinessman .Romero was a founder of the provincial "
El Tribuno " newspaper. He was elected as Governor ofSalta Province , serving from 1983-1987, and then stepped down to become a national deputy in theArgentine Chamber of Deputies for Salta province. He stood for governor once again in 1991 but lost and retired that year from public life.In February 1992, whilst on holiday with his family in
Brazil , Romero was killed in an automobile accident. His son,Juan Carlos Romero , later served as Governor of Salta also.In 2006 it came to light that the
Drug Enforcement Administration of theUnited States had considered Romero the head of a major drugs cartel.External links
*es icon [http://www.camdipsalta.gov.ar/INFSALTA/gobernadores/rromero.html Biography]
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