Roberto Romero Explained

Roberto Romero
Office:Governor of Salta Province
Term Start:1983
Term End:1987
Predecessor:Edgardo Plaza
Successor:Hernán Cornejo
Birth Date:October 22, 1927
Birth Place:Salta, Argentina
Death Date:February 15, 1992
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Profession:Newspaper owner
Party:Justicialist Party

Roberto Romero (October 22, 1927 – February 15, 1992) was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician and businessman.

Romero was a founder of the provincial El Tribuno newspaper. He was elected as Governor of Salta Province, serving from 1983 to 1987, and completing numerous public works aimed at the province's growing tourist industry – notably the DELMI Stadium and the San Bernardo Hill Aerial tramway. He then stepped down to become a national deputy in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Salta Province. He stood for governor once again in 1991, but lost and retired that year from public life.

In February 1992, whilst on holiday with his family in Brazil, Romero was killed in an automobile accident. His son, Juan Carlos Romero, later also served as Governor of Salta.

In 2006 it came to light that the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States had considered Romero the likely head of a major drug cartel. http://www.salta21.com/spip.php?article168

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