Fernando Niembro (born 7 December 1947 in

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) is an Argentine sports journalist and announcer.

Biography

Niembro was born amid a medium-class family in

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. He is son of Paulino Niembro, a notable trade unionist during the 1970s. During the government of

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he was appointed as "media secretary", one of his tasks was to announce the Presidential Pardon for perpetrators of state terrorism in Argentina and members of insurgent groups the 1970s. Since then he has had a long career as a sports journalist. Currently he hosts ''La Última Palabra'' in

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(in the south feed). Previously he hosted some sports programs including ''Vamos con Niembro'' in AM Del Plata. In 2013

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announced that Niembro, along with his colleague Mariano Closs will be the narrators in the Latin-American version of PES 2014, replacing the original Mexican voices.

Politics

Niembro expressed interest in accompanying the PRO in the place that Macri determines. Thus he headed the list of candidates for national deputy for the Province of Buenos Aires by the Cambiemos Front, composed of the PRO, UCR and the Civic Coalition. On September 16, 2015, Niembro submitted his resignation to his candidacy, due to complaints to La Usina and his contract with the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

References

1947 births Living people Mass media people from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Spanish descent Argentine radio presenters Argentine television journalists Argentine sports journalists {{Argentina-journalist-stub