Héctor Icazuriaga Explained

Héctor Icazuriaga
Office:Secretary of Intelligence
President:Néstor Kirchner
Cristina Fernandez
Term Start:10 December 2003
Term End:16 December 2014
Predecessor:Sergio Acevedo
Successor:Oscar Parrilli
Office2:Governor of Santa Cruz
Term Start2:24 May 2003
Term End2:10 December 2003
Vicegovernor2:Carlos Sancho
Predecessor2:Néstor Kirchner
Successor2:Sergio Acevedo
Office3:Vice Governor of Santa Cruz
Term Start3:10 December 2001
Term End3:24 May 2003
Governor3:Néstor Kirchner
Predecessor3:Sergio Acevedo
Successor3:Carlos Sancho
Birth Date:9 January 1955
Birth Place:Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires Province
Profession:Lawyer
Party:Front for Victory
Alma Mater:University of Buenos Aires
Children:2

Héctor Icazuriaga (born 9 January 1955) is the former Secretary of Intelligence of Argentina who served from 2004 until 2014.

Icazuriaga was born in Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires Province to Basque Argentine parents (his Basque descent inspired his nickname, El vasco, though he is also known as Pancho and El Chango). He enrolled at the University of La Plata, and earned a juris doctor; he later married and had two children.

He relocated to Santa Cruz Province, where he was elected to the Provincial Legislature on the Justicialist Party ticket. Icazuriaga was elected vice president of the legislature by his peers, and upon Vice Governor Sergio Acevedo's election to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1999, he was nominated as Governor Néstor Kirchner's running mate, taking office as vice governor on 10 December.

Kirchner's own election to the presidency in April 2003 led to Icazuriaga's appointment as governor. Acevedo, who had been named President Kirchner's first Intelligence Secretariat director, became a candidate for the post later that year, however, and upon the latter's election, Icazuriaga was named to replace him, effective 10 December 2004. He served President Néstor Kirchner, as well as his wife and successor, Cristina Kirchner, as Director of Intelligence, becoming among the longest-serving officeholders in the post's history. Icazuriaga enjoyed a relatively good working relationship with both Presidents Kirchner, though his deputy director, Francisco Larcher, is reportedly closer to the couple than the director himself.[1]

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  1. http://www.seprin.net/portal2/notas/larcher.htm Seprin