Eduardo Fellner
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Eduardo Alfredo Fellner is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
(PJ) politician, currently President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
and until 2007 governor of Jujuy Province
.
Fellner was born in Córdoba Province, and was raised in Villa Palpalá
, Jujuy Province
, where his father had found work in the Zapla steel mill, the country's oldest and largest. The young Fellner later relocated to Tucumán
, where he earned a juris doctor
at the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North. He returned to Jujuy in 1983, and was appointed Solicitor General of the province, later becoming District Attorney
.
The Secretary of Industry, Juan Schiaretti
, named Fellner his Minister of Government during President Carlos Menem
's 1993 receivership
decree over the governor's post in Santiago del Estero Province
. Fellner returned to Jujuy and was elected to the Provincial Legislature. Serving as President of the body by 1998, he first assumed the governor's post upon the resignation of Governor Carlos Ferraro.
Fellner was elected in his own right in 1999, and re-elected in 2003. He became the national leader of the Justicialist Party in 2004, chairing its national council. He resigned the same year, however, amid fallout from a row between Kirchnerists
(supporters of then President Néstor Kirchner
), to whom Fellner was loyal, and provincial party leaders.
Fellner attempted to change the provincial constitution ahead of the 2007 election so that he could stand for re-election for a third full term. He later stood for election to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
, and was sworn in in December 2007. Fellner was elected as President of the Chamber, and was only the second chamber president to not be from Buenos Aires Province
; he was re-elected to the post in 2009.
Fellner's sister, Liliana Fellner
, is a Senator
for Jujuy.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
(PJ) politician, currently President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Argentine Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
and until 2007 governor of Jujuy Province
Jujuy Province
Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.-History:...
.
Fellner was born in Córdoba Province, and was raised in Villa Palpalá
Villa Palpalá
Villa Palpalá is a town and municipality in Jujuy Province in Argentina.-References:...
, Jujuy Province
Jujuy Province
Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.-History:...
, where his father had found work in the Zapla steel mill, the country's oldest and largest. The young Fellner later relocated to Tucumán
Tucumán
San Miguel de Tucumán is the capital of the Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina at from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth biggest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza, and it is also the most important city of Northern Argentina...
, where he earned a juris doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
at the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North. He returned to Jujuy in 1983, and was appointed Solicitor General of the province, later becoming District Attorney
District attorney
In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
.
The Secretary of Industry, Juan Schiaretti
Juan Schiaretti
Juan Schiaretti , known as 'El Gringo', is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician and accountant. He is the governor of the Province of Córdoba....
, named Fellner his Minister of Government during President Carlos Menem
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...
's 1993 receivership
Receivership
In law, receivership is the situation in which an institution or enterprise is being held by a receiver, a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights." The receivership remedy is an equitable remedy that emerged in...
decree over the governor's post in Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.-History:...
. Fellner returned to Jujuy and was elected to the Provincial Legislature. Serving as President of the body by 1998, he first assumed the governor's post upon the resignation of Governor Carlos Ferraro.
Fellner was elected in his own right in 1999, and re-elected in 2003. He became the national leader of the Justicialist Party in 2004, chairing its national council. He resigned the same year, however, amid fallout from a row between Kirchnerists
Kirchnerism
Kirchnerism is a term used to refer to the political philosophy and supporters of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and of his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President from 2007...
(supporters of then President Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
), to whom Fellner was loyal, and provincial party leaders.
Fellner attempted to change the provincial constitution ahead of the 2007 election so that he could stand for re-election for a third full term. He later stood for election to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Argentine Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
, and was sworn in in December 2007. Fellner was elected as President of the Chamber, and was only the second chamber president to not be from Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
; he was re-elected to the post in 2009.
Fellner's sister, Liliana Fellner
Liliana Fellner
Liliana Beatriz Fellner is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate representing Jujuy Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory....
, is a Senator
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...
for Jujuy.