Aldo Tessio

Aldo Emilio Tessio (October 28, 1909 – January 17, 2000) was an

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politician belonging to the

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(UCR). He served a Governor of

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from October 12, 1963, to June 28, 1966. Born in Esperanza, Santa Fe, Tessio joined the centrist UCR as a student, and earned a Law Degree at the

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. He was elected to the Constitutional Assembly of 1957, which restored and amended the 1853

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following its 1949 replacement by President

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, and in 1960, was elected to the Lower House of Congress on the UCRP ticket (the faction of the UCR opposed to President

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). Following Frondizi's overthrow in 1962, elections were held in

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, and Tessio was elected Governor of Santa Fe on the UCRP ticket. Governing one of the nation's most important

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, his term was distinguished by its transparency, as well as its emphasis on public works: the Brigadier Estanislao López Highway, one of Argentina's first intercity

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s, was built, as were numerous housing projects, much of the east–west provincial road infrastructure, and other works. His term was prematurely ended by the 1966

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that ousted president Arturo Illia and brought to power the military dictatorship led by Juan Carlos Onganía. Tessio was the last UCR governors of Santa Fe to date, and he died in 2000, at age 90. The

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Governor Jorge Obeid spoke of him in eulogy as "an illustrious character of Argentine democracy," noting his commitment to

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; in recognition for his efforts to improve Santa Fe's infrastructure, a segment of Provincial Route 13 was renamed after him by Obeid on the 41st anniversary of Tessio's inaugural as governor.Santa Fe Governor's Office press release
Aldo Tessio's daughter, Griselda, served as federal prosecutor in Santa Fe City, and at the 2007 elections was elected vice-governor of Santa Fe as the running mate of

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