Maurice Fabián 'Mauri' Closs (born 10 June 1971) is an
Argentine
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politician, formerly of the
Radical Civic Union
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(UCR) but now leading the
Front for the Renewal of Concord
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, allied to the
Front for Victory
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in support of President
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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. He is a
National Senator representing
Misiones Province
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, which he led as
governor
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from 2007 to 2015.
Born in
Aristóbulo del Valle
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Del Valle studied in the Faculty of L ...
,
Misiones
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, Closs graduated as a lawyer from the
National University of the Northeast, and studied at postgraduate level at the
National University of Misiones. He worked in the family business and studied further at
California State University, Los Angeles
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in
Los Angeles
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and at the
in
Chile
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.
Between 1996 and 2000, Closs headed the Radical Youth movement and in 2002 he was elected president of the Misiones national committee of the UCR.
In 2003, Closs and most of his fellow Misiones Radicals joined the Front for the Renewal of Concord in support of the re-election of incumbent
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei.
Fo ...
governor
Carlos Rovira.
Following the election, Rovira appointed Closs as chief of cabinet, and in 2005 he was elected to the Senate for the Front, becoming the youngest senator in the country at age 35. He sat in support of then President
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Justicialist Party, he previously served as Governor of Sa ...
.
Closs was elected governor in 2007.
References
External links
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Misiones Province*
Official website
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1971 births
Argentine people of German descent
Argentine people of Swedish descent
California State University, Los Angeles alumni
Governors of Misiones Province
Living people
Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Misiones
Members of the Argentine Senate for Misiones
National University of Misiones alumni
National University of the Northeast alumni
People from Misiones Province
Radical Civic Union politicians
Argentine deputies 2015–2017