Ricardo Quintela

Ricardo Quintela
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Governor of La Rioja
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 December 2019
Vice GovernorFlorencia López (2019–2023)
Teresita Madera (2023–present)
Preceded bySergio Casas
Provincial Legislator of La Rioja
In office
10 December 2017 – 24 November 2019
ConstituencyCapital Department
In office
10 December 1993 – 10 December 1997
ConstituencyCapital Department
Mayor of La Rioja
In office
10 December 2003 – 10 December 2015
Preceded byLuis Agost Carreño
Succeeded byAlberto Paredes Urquiza
National Deputy
In office
10 December 1997 – 10 December 2003
ConstituencyLa Rioja
Personal details
Born (1960-03-16) 16 March 1960 (age 64)
La Rioja, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (2023–present)

Ricardo Clemente Quintela (born 16 March 1960) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently Governor of La Rioja Province, since 11 December 2019.

He was previously Mayor of the City of La Rioja from 2003 to 2015, as well as a member of the provincial legislature during two non-consecutive terms and a National Deputy from 1997 to 2003.

Since 2020, Quintela has been the president of the La Rioja chapter of the Justicialist Party.

Political career

Quintela's political activism began early in his life in the Peronist Youth; he was appointed president of the La Rioja Capital Department Peronist Youth in 1986. In 1993 he was elected to the Legislature of La Rioja for a four-year term, representing the Capital Department.[1] Following the end of this term, he was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for La Rioja, serving a full four-year term until 2003.[2]

From 2003 to 2015 he was intendente (mayor) of the City of La Rioja.[1] In 2017 he was elected again to the Provincial Chamber of Deputies, representing the Capital Department as well.[3]

In 2019, then-governor Sergio Casas attempted to hold a referendum to modify the provincial constitution and allow further re-elections; the attempt was blocked by the Supreme Court of Argentina, and so Casas nominated Quintela, a close ally, to succeed him in the post.[4] Quintela ran in the 2019 election in a three-way race against a fellow Justicialist Party candidate and former governor, Luis Beder Herrera, as well as Juntos por el Cambio candidate Julio Martínez; Quintela won with 45% of the vote and was sworn in on 11 December 2019.[5][6]

On 13 October 2020, Quintela was elected as president of the La Rioja provincial chapter of the Justicialist Party, following the resignation of Casas from the post.[7]

Personal life

Quintela is nicknamed "El Gitano".[8][9] He has five children: Emilse, Christian, Exequiel, Jerónimo and Guadalupe.[1] His sister, Teresa Quintela, is also active in politics and served as a national senator for La Rioja. His ex-wife Gabriela Pedrali is a National Deputy for La Rioja.[10]

Electoral history

Executive

Electoral history of Ricardo Quintela
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2019 Governor of La Rioja Frente de Todos 95,115 44.89% 1st Elected [11]
2023 Unión por la Patria 103,549 52.63% 1st Elected

Legislative

Electoral history of Ricardo Quintela
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
1993 Provincial Legislator La Rioja Justicialist Front 1 La Rioja Province 63,475 69.21% 1st[a] Elected [12]
1997 National Deputy Justicialist Party 1 La Rioja Province 68,480 62.01% 1st[a] Elected [13]
2001 Justicialist Party 1 La Rioja Province 68,657 57.09% 1st[a] Elected [14]
2017 Provincial Legislator Justicialist Party 1 Capital Department 25.01% 1st[a] Elected [15]
  1. ^ a b c d Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ a b c ""La Rioja maduró un sueño de dignidad"". El Independiente (in Spanish). 6 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ Fitz Patrick, Mariel; Crucianelli, Sandra (29 November 2020). "Los gobernadores de San Luis, Formosa, Tucumán y La Rioja se negaron a informar cuánto ganan por mes". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Quintela concluyó su mandato como diputado y se prepara para asumir como gobernador". El Independiente (in Spanish). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Ybarra, Gustavo (28 October 2019). "Elecciones 2019. La Rioja: ganó Ricardo Quintela y retuvo la provincia para el peronismo". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "El peronista Ricardo Quintela gobernará La Rioja". Cadena 3 (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "En La Rioja se impuso el Frente de Todos: Ricardo Quintela superó el 45% de los votos". Clarín (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "El gobernador Ricardo Quintela fue elegido como presidente del PJ riojano". Página/12 (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Los seis en La Rioja". Página/12 (in Spanish). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ^ Rodríguez, Leonel (7 April 2020). "Coronavirus: el insólito fallido del gobernador de La Rioja en el que lamentó tener "cerrados cabarets"". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ Pepe, Gabriela (4 October 2024). "Ricardo Quintela, un cacique de la vieja escuela". LetraP (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Consulta de Escrutinios Definitivos". padron.gob.ar (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Elecciones 1993" (PDF). mininterior.gov.ar (in Spanish). Secretaría de Asuntos Interiores de la Nación. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Elecciones 1997" (PDF). mininterior.gov.ar (in Spanish). Secretaría de Asuntos Interiores de la Nación. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Elecciones 2001" (PDF). mininterior.gov.ar (in Spanish). Secretaría de Asuntos Interiores de la Nación. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2011.
  15. ^ "El peronismo obtuvo un amplio triunfo en la elección de diputados en La Rioja". El Cronista (in Spanish). 4 June 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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Preceded by Governor of La Rioja
2019–present 		Incumbent