Emilio Carrara | |
Office: | Vice Governor of Chaco Province |
Term Start: | 10 December 1987 |
Term End: | 10 December 1991 |
Successor: | Luis Varisco |
Governor: | Danilo Baroni |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1946 |
Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Party: | Justicialist Party |
Spouse: | Lilián Vargas |
Children: | Four |
Emilio Eduardo Carrara (26 may 1946 – 20 August 2021) was Argentine politician, rancher, businessman, and member of the Justicialist Party (JP). He served as Vice Governor of Chaco Province from 1987 to 1991 under Governor Danilo Baroni.[1] Carrara had previously served as the mayor of Campo Largo from 1973 to 1976.[1] [2]
Chaco gubernatorial candidate Danilo Baroni and his running mate, Emilio Carrara, were elected governor and vice governor of Chaco Province on 10 December 1987.[1] Baroni and Carrara defeated the rival ticket of Luis León and Ángel Rozas by approximately 14,000 in the 1987 gubernatorial election.[1]
Carrara left office in December 1991 after one term as vice governor.[2] He was then elected to the, including a tenure as the president of the provincial chamber of deputies.[1] [2] He also served as a member of the national Argentine Chamber of Deputies.[1] [2]
Carrara spent his later life focused on ranching and livestock farming.[2]
In 2015, the Chaco provincial government dedicated the new Kindergarten No. 214 of Campo Largo as the "Vice Governor Emilio Eduardo Carrara" in his honor.[1]
Emilio Carrara died in a Buenos Aires hospital on 20 August 2021, at the age of 75.[1] He had been hospitalized in serious condition prior to his death as his health declined.[1] Chaco provincial governor Jorge Capitanich declared three days of mourning from August 20 until August 22 and ordered flags to be flown at half staff during that time.[1] [3] He was buried in Campo Largo.[2]
He was survived by his wife, Lilián Vargas, a lawyer, and four children.[2] His son, Rafael Rubén Carrara, serves as the mayor of Corzuela, as of 2021.[2]