Sergio Alberto Montiel (October 20, 1927 – November 1, 2011) was an Argentine

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at the

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. Montiel served as Governor of

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for two nonconsecutive terms: He was first elected on October 30, 1983, and served his first term until 1987. Montiel served a second gubernatorial term from 1999 to 2003. Montiel supported nationalization and opposed the 1993

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. Montiel was born in October 20, 1927, in

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. He died of cardiac arrest at Militar de Paraná, a

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, on November 1, 2011, at the age of 84. He was an active freemason.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montiel, Sergio 1927 births 2011 deaths Governors of Entre Ríos Province 20th-century Argentine lawyers Academic staff of the National University of the Littoral