Osvaldo Mércuri Explained

Osvaldo Mércuri
Office:President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:7 December 2001
Term End:10 December 2005
Successor:Ismael Pasaglia
Term Start2:8 December 1989
Term End2:7 December 1997
Predecessor2:Luis Rodolfo Almar
Successor2:Francisco José Ferro
Office3:Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires
Term Start3:10 December 1985
Term End3:10 December 2005
Constituency3:Third Electoral Section
Birth Place:Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Death Place:San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Party:Justicialist Party
Spouse:Maria Elena

Osvaldo Mércuri (1944/1945 – 6 February 2021) was an Argentine politician, based in Buenos Aires Province, and member of the Justicialist Party. He was a longtime member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies from 1985 to 2005.[1] This included two tenures as the President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies: 7 December 1989, to 8 December 1997, and again from 7 December 2001, until 10 December 2005.[2] Mércuri also chaired the national 1994 Constitutional Reform Convention and the Justicialist Party conference.[2]

Biography

Mércuri was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.[2]

At the time of his death, Mércuri was serving as a member of the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur).[1] His term in Parlasaur was scheduled to expire on 31 December 2021.[1]

Mércuri died from COVID-19 at a hospital in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, where he had been hospitalized for three weeks, on 6 February 2021, at the age of 76.[1] [2] He was survived by his wife, Maria Elena, and their children.[2] Former President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde, a friend and close political ally, paid tribute to Mércuri on Twitter following his death.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Murió Osvaldo Mércuri, histórico dirigente justicialista . . . 2021-02-06 . 2021-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210306134124/https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/muri%C3%B3-osvaldo-m%C3%A9rcuri-hist%C3%B3rico-dirigente-173800492.html . 2021-03-06 . live.
  2. News: Murió por coronavirus Osvaldo Mércuri, histórico dirigente peronista bonaerense . . 2021-02-06 . 2021-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210223233209/https://www.infobae.com/politica/2021/02/06/murio-por-coronavirus-osvaldo-mercuri-historico-dirigente-peronista-bonaerense/. 2021-02-23 . live.