Juan Carlos Romero

Infobox_Governor

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image_capt = Juan Carlos Romero
name= Juan Carlos Romero c. 2008
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order=
office= Governor of Salta
term_start= 1995
term_end=2007
lieutenant= Walter Wayar
predecessor= Roberto Ulloa
successor= Juan Manuel Urtubey
birth_date= Birth date and age|1950|11|16|df=y
birth_place= Salta
profession= Lawyer
party= Justicialist Party
footnotes=

Juan Carlos Romero (born 16 November 1950) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, a senator and formerly governor of Salta Province for 12 years.

Romero was born in Salta where his father Roberto Romero was a politician, later governor of the province. He studied law and political science at the University of Buenos Aires. A lawyer, he became deputy editor then editor of the Salta newspaper founded by his father "El Tribuno" from 1974.

In 1986 Romero became a Senator for Salta Province. He took a leading role in economics and was re-elected in 1992. In 1995 he was elected governor of Salta and was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. In 2003 he launched himself for president but then he was candidate for vice-president on the ticket of Carlos Menem.

In 2007 he was again elected a Senator, with Juan Manuel Urtubey being elected governor of Salta. Romero was appointed Vice-President of the Senate in December 2007. [http://parlamentario.com/articulo-1647.html]

Romero is formerly married to Betina Marcuzzi and has four children.

External links

* [http://www.mercadomedia.com/web_clientes/juancarlosromero/ Official site]
* [http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/senadores/biografia.php?id_sena=35 Senate profile]
* http://politolia.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/informes-desclasificados-de-la-dea-romero/