Eduardo Brizuela del Moral

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name= Eduardo Brizuela del Moral
|caption= Governor Eduardo Brizuela del Moral.
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office= Governor of Catamarca
term_start=December 10, 2003
term_end=
lieutenant= Hernán Colombo
predecessor= Oscar Castillo
successor= incumbent
birth_date= 1944-08-20
birth_place= San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
profession= Engineer
party= Radical Civic Union
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Eduardo S. Brizuela del Moral (b. 1944-08-20) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician. He has been governor of Catamarca Province since 2003, heading the Civic and Social Front of Catamarca.

Eduardo Brizuela was born in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca and studied engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. He became an academic in the field of topography and technology and headed the cleansing department of Catamarca province and later of its capital. In 1986 he became rector of the Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, serving until 1991.

In 1991, Brizuela was elected Mayor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. He was re-elected in 1995 and again in 1999. He served as vice-president of the Argentine Federation of Municipalities 1998-2000. In 2001, he was elected to the Argentine Senate representing his home province, serving until the gubernatorial election in 2003.

Eduardo Brizuela is a key supporter of Peronist President Néstor Kirchner in Radical ranks and may support Kirchner's re-election in the 2007 elections [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/imprimir/diario/elpais/1-68818-2006-06-22.html] [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/07/03/elpais/p-00501.htm] . Brizuela meanwhile has received support from Jorge Sobisch's new national Movement of the United Provinces for his own re-election.

External links

* [http://www.catamarca.gov.ar/PoderEjecutivo/GOBERNADOR.htm Profile] , Catamarca government
* [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2003/08/24/p-01404.htm Profile] , "Clarín", 2003-08-24