Luis Viana | |
|---|---|
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2005 – 10 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | Misiones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-01-08)8 January 1962 (age 63) Salto Encantado,Misiones |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
Luis Alberto "Lucho" Viana (born 8 January 1962 inSalto Encantado,Misiones) is anArgentineJusticialist Party politician. He was a member of theArgentine Senate representingMisiones Province in the majority block of theFront for Victory from 2005 to 2011.[1]
Viana was born in Misiones to Juan Viana andRussian-born Miguelina Jozwiaczyk. He studied chemical engineering inPosadas at theNational University of Misiones where he was a student activist andPeronist Youth activist. He began work for the provincial sanitary works administration and set up his own chemical engineering consultancy to provide technical support toco-operatives in south Misiones and northernCorrientes. He taught at his former university.
When in 1991Ramón Puerta was elected Governor of Misiones, Viana joined his administration as subsecretary of coordination of the provincial Ministry of Public Works but soon resigned to become intervenor of the sanitary works administration. In 1995, Viana was elected as a provincial deputy. Following his re-election in 1999 he became president of the block of Justicialist deputies and later president of the chamber. He was elected to theArgentine Chamber of Deputies and in 2005 was elected as senator. In 2007 he stood to be the Front for Victory candidate for the governorship of Misiones.
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