Alberto Asseff | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Deputy of theMercosur Parliament representingArgentina | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1942-10-31)31 October 1942 (age 82) |
| Political party | UNIR Constitutional Nationalist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Juntos por el Cambio |
Alberto Emilio Asseff (born 31 October 1942) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served aNational Deputy between 2011 and 2015, reassuming office in 2019.
Asseff graduated at Law at theUniversity of Buenos Aires in 1968, where he started to be politically active in thecentristCivic Radical Union (UCR). After his graduation, he worked as an advisor in some administrations of UCR's politicians likeRicardo Balbín andArturo Illia. In 1982 he created theConstitutional Nationalist Party, with former members of UCR. In this party was whereAlberto Fernández, president of Argentina, made his first steps in politics. Fernandez left the NCP when Asseff started to be identified with some conservative Argentine politicians.[1][2]
Asseff served as aNational Deputy between 2011 and 2015, representingBuenos Aires province by the alliance between his partyUNIR Constitutional Nationalist Party andCompromiso Federal, created by former presidentAlberto Rodríguez Saá. He was re-elected as a deputy in 2019, but on this occasion forJuntos por el Cambio, in charge since then. Asseff also served as member ofMercosur Parliament from his election in 2015 until 2019 as part ofUnidos por una Nueva Alternativa.[3]
For the2019 Argentine general election, Asseff initially endorsedJosé Luis Espert for president, but later changed his position and supportedMauricio Macri ofJuntos por el Cambio, which was criticized by Espert. He is a cousin of José Asseff, who was president of theLebanese Club of Buenos Aires.[4]
Internationally, Asseff signed theMadrid Charter of thefar-right Spanish political partyVox, joining the alliance of right-wing and far-right politicians.[5]