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Rolando Figueroa | |
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Governor of Neuquén | |
Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
Vice Governor | Gloria Ruiz |
Preceded by | Omar Gutiérrez |
National Deputy | |
In office 10 December 2021 – 10 December 2023 | |
Constituency | Neuquén |
Vice Governor of Neuquén | |
In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
Governor | Omar Gutiérrez |
Preceded by | Ana Pechen |
Succeeded by | Marcos Koopmann |
Mayor of Chos Malal | |
In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015 | |
Succeeded by | Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez |
Provincial Legislator of Neuquén | |
In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Andacollo, Argentina | 14 April 1969
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Neuquén People's Movement (until 2022) |
Alma mater | National University of Comahue |
Rolando Ceferino Figueroa (born 14 April 1969) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a Governor of Neuquén Province since 10 December 2023. Hepreviously served as National Deputy elected in Neuquén. A member of the regionalist Neuquén People's Movement party until 2022, Figueroa was elected in 2021 and currently sits in the Provincias Unidas inter-bloc.
Figueroa previously served as Vice Governor of Neuquén from 2015 to 2019, under Governor Omar Gutiérrez. Prior to that, he was mayor of Chos Malal from 2011 to 2015, and a member of the Legislature of Neuquén from 2007 to 2011.
He was elected governor in the April 2023 provincial elections. [1]
Figueroa was born on 14 April 1969 in Andacollo, Neuquén Province, into an important family in the province. [2] His grandfather, Temístocles Figueroa, was the first native-born Argentine citizen in Neuquén, while his uncle, Rogelio Figueroa, was active in local politics in Huinganco and is widely known for promoting afforestation efforts in the region. [3] [4]
He studied public accounting at the National University of Comahue. [5]
From 2007 to 2011, Figueroa was a member of the Legislature of Neuquén elected in the Neuquén People's Movement list. In 2011, he was elected as intendente (mayor) of Chos Malal. [6] In the 2015 provincial elections, Figueroa was the running mate of Omar Gutiérrez in the MPN ticket to the governorship of Neuquén: with 40.57% of the vote, the MPN maintained its unbroken streak as the province's governing party since the return of democracy in 1983. [7] [8]
In the 2021 legislative election, Figueroa ran for one of Neuquén's seats in the National Chamber of Deputies as part of the MPN list; he won in the PASO primaries against the list supported by Governor Gutiérrez in September 2021, and became the party's candidate ahead of the general election. [9] [10] In the general election, the MPN list was the most voted in the province, with 29.44% of the vote, and Figueroa was elected. [11] He was the sole MPN deputy in the 2021–2023 term, and formed part of the "Provincias Unidas" parliamentary inter-bloc alongside other provincial parties such as Misiones' FRC and Río Negro's JSRN. [12]