Presidents of Club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Presidents of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Throughout its more than 120 years of history, the Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata has had 55 Presidents, elected individuals who took on the responsibility of steering this old Institution. Many of them contributed to the growth of the Club over the years. Some of them have remained more vivid in the fans' memory for their achievements or outstanding works.

Saturnino Perdriel

Saturnino Perdriel was the founder and first president of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. Mr. Perdriel was an outstanding neighbour and merchant during the first few years of the city of La Plata, in addition to being a civil servant at the Treasury Department of the Province of Buenos Aires. He died prematurely in 1888, after one year as Club president.

Nowadays, the President of Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is chosen by its associates, by means of general elections that take place every three years. Any club member over 18 years of age, and with at least three years seniority in the Club, have a right to vote. Members with over seven years seniority have a right to be elected to the Club governmental body, the Management Commission or "Directory".

The current President of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is Mr.Walter Gisande, who won the 2007 electrions over Mr. Gabriel Pellegrino for 16 votes.

All the presidents

(*) Elected but he resigned before assuming the presidency.

Management Commission 2008

"Last Update: April 14, 2008"

* President: Walter Gisande.
* Vice-presidents: Fabián Cagliardi, Juan Carlos Escanda and Ernesto Fischer.
* Vocales Titulares: Renato Ottaviano, Ernesto Díaz, Daniel Giraud, Laureano Durán, Víctor Palladino, Miguel Lavarra, Roberto Coscarelli, Pablo Blanco, Ricardo Vera, Flavio González, Daniel Bellini, Emidio Pappalardo and Marcelo Gisande.
* Vocales Suplentes: Gustavo Scoppa, Jorge García, Roberto Capalbo, Santiago Barbieri, Ricardo Díaz, Alberto Castillo and Jorge Quintín.
* Senior Account Overseers: Ricardo López Osornio, Facundo Menéndez and Pablo Juanes.
* Substitute Account Overseers: Hernán Palladino and Alejandro Cisneros.
* Senior Juror of Honor: Alberto Durán, Omar Nicora, Elvio Sagarra, Julio Novarini and Eugenio Mijailoff.
* Substitute Juror of Honor: Alfredo Ferrarini and Carlos Gerez.

External links

* [http://www.gimnasia.org.ar/ Sitio web oficial del club]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gimnasia.html Tabla histórica del club en RSSSF]