| Rolando Figueroa | |
| Office: | Governor of Neuquén |
| Term Start: | 10 December 2023 |
| Vicegovernor: | Gloria Ruiz |
| Predecessor: | Omar Gutiérrez |
| Office1: | National Deputy |
| Term Start1: | 10 December 2021 |
| Term End1: | 10 December 2023 |
| Constituency1: | Neuquén |
| Office2: | Vice Governor of Neuquén |
| Term Start2: | 10 December 2015 |
| Term End2: | 10 December 2019 |
| Governor2: | Omar Gutiérrez |
| Predecessor2: | Ana Pechen |
| Successor2: | Marcos Koopmann |
| Office3: | Mayor of Chos Malal |
| Term Start3: | 10 December 2011 |
| Term End3: | 10 December 2015 |
| Predecessor23: | Carlos Aníbal Lator |
| Successor3: | Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez |
| Office4: | Provincial Legislator of Neuquén |
| Term Start4: | 10 December 2007 |
| Term End4: | 10 December 2011 |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Andacollo, Argentina |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | Neuquén People's Movement (until 2022) |
| Alma Mater: | National University of Comahue |
Rolando Ceferino Figueroa (born 14 April 1969) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a Governor of Neuquén Province since 10 December 2023. Hepreviously served as National Deputy elected in Neuquén. A member of the regionalist Neuquén People's Movement party until 2022, Figueroa was elected in 2021 and currently sits in the Provincias Unidas inter-bloc.
Figueroa previously served as Vice Governor of Neuquén from 2015 to 2019, under Governor Omar Gutiérrez. Prior to that, he was mayor of Chos Malal from 2011 to 2015, and a member of the Legislature of Neuquén from 2007 to 2011.
He was elected governor in the April 2023 provincial elections.[1]
Figueroa was born on 14 April 1969 in Andacollo, Neuquén Province, into an important family in the province.[2] His grandfather, Temístocles Figueroa, was the first native-born Argentine citizen in Neuquén, while his uncle, Rogelio Figueroa, was active in local politics in Huinganco and is widely known for promoting afforestation efforts in the region.[3] [4]
He studied public accounting at the National University of Comahue.[5]
From 2007 to 2011, Figueroa was a member of the Legislature of Neuquén elected in the Neuquén People's Movement list. In 2011, he was elected as intendente (mayor) of Chos Malal.[6] In the 2015 provincial elections, Figueroa was the running mate of Omar Gutiérrez in the MPN ticket to the governorship of Neuquén: with 40.57% of the vote, the MPN maintained its unbroken streak as the province's governing party since the return of democracy in 1983.[7] [8]
In the 2021 legislative election, Figueroa ran for one of Neuquén's seats in the National Chamber of Deputies as part of the MPN list; he won in the PASO primaries against the list supported by Governor Gutiérrez in September 2021, and became the party's candidate ahead of the general election.[9] [10] In the general election, the MPN list was the most voted in the province, with 29.44% of the vote, and Figueroa was elected.[11] He was the sole MPN deputy in the 2021–2023 term, and formed part of the "Provincias Unidas" parliamentary inter-bloc alongside other provincial parties such as Misiones' FRC and Río Negro's JSRN.[12]