Maurice Closs | |
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| National Senator | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) | |
| Constituency | Misiones |
| In office 10 December 2005 (2005-12-10) – 9 December 2007 (2007-12-09) | |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Torres |
| Constituency | Misiones |
| Governor of Misiones | |
| In office 10 December 2007 (2007-12-10) – 10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) | |
| Vice Governor | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Rovira |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Passalacqua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-06-10)10 June 1971 (age 54) Aristóbulo del Valle,Misiones, Argentina |
| Political party | Front for the Renewal of Concord |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Maurice Fabián 'Mauri' Closs (born 10 June 1971) is anArgentine politician, formerly of theRadical Civic Union (UCR) but now leading theFront for the Renewal of Concord, allied to theFront for Victory in support of PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner. He is aNational Senator representingMisiones Province, which he led asgovernor from 2007 to 2015.[1]
Born inAristóbulo del Valle,Misiones, Closs graduated as a lawyer from theNational University of the Northeast, and studied at postgraduate level at theNational University of Misiones. He worked in the family business and studied further atCalifornia State University, Los Angeles inLos Angeles and at theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean inChile.[1]
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.[1] 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 incumbentJusticialist Party governorCarlos Rovira.[1]
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 PresidentNéstor Kirchner.[1]
Closs was elected governor in 2007.
| Preceded by | Governor of Misiones 10 December 2007–10 December 2015 | Succeeded by |