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Place of Birth: San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina
About Roberto Basualdo
- Roberto Gustavo Basualdo (b.
- 1957) is an Argentine politician, formerly of the Justicialist Party (PJ).
- He sits in the Argentine Senate representing San Juan Province (Argentina) for the Front of Production and Labour. In 1976, Basualdo began a motor racing career, competing in the Cuyo district and gaining five championships.
- In 1990 he and his father started a company, Roberto Basualdo S.A., which sells perfumes and cleaning products.
- He became involved in politics as a Justicialist in 1993, standing as running mate to Olga Riutort in the 1995 election for governor.
- In 1999, he stood for the mayoralty of San Juan and in 2001 he was elected a national deputy.Basualdo is a dissident Peronist opposed to the mainstream of his party in the province but is closer to the national leadership of the PJ.
- He set up his own party, the Life and Commitment Movement.
- In 2003, he stood for the governorship of San Juan, losing to the Justicialist José Luis Gioja by 41.5% to 30.8%, with incumbent governor Wbaldino Acosta third with 19%.
- He backed Adolfo RodrÃguez Saá for the presidency in that year.He was elected to the Senate in 2005.
- In the Senate he sits in his own block, rather than the ruling Front for Victory, although he supported the election of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
- In recent years, his party has leached support back to the mainstream of the PJ.
- In 2007 he stood once again against Gioja for the governorship, heading the Front for Change.
- He made opposition of opencast mining a key element of his campaign.From 2007, Basualdo was the second vice-president of the Senate, coordinating the senators from smaller parties from the interior of the country.
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