Luis Juez

President Néstor Kirchner (left) holds forth with (from left) Buenos Aires Mayor Aníbal Ibarra, Cabinet Chief Oscar Parrilli, and Juez, in 2004. Allies of the President without belonging to his party, Ibarra and Juez became two of the leading "transversal" figures during the Kirchner Presidency. Luis Alfredo Juez (born 13 September 1963) is an Argentine politician who served as Mayor of the City of Córdoba and was later elected to the Senate. Since 2019 he has been a National Deputy.

Life and times Early life and career Luis Juez was born in Córdoba, Argentina, to Adela Losada, the daughter of Spanish Argentine immigrants from A Coruña, and Gabriel Juez, the son of Arab Argentine immigrants from Syria. Encouraged by his father, a former Army officer, Juez studied at the General Paz Military Lyceum, though he ultimately opted against a military career, and enrolled at the National University of Córdoba. Juez, whose father had been jailed by the dictatorship that overthrew President Juan Perón in 1955, was active in the Peronist Youth, earning a juris doctor in 1985. He married the former Victoria Corte in 1992, and they had four children. Lacking support from the governor, Juez resigned on 10 October 2002. His alliance with de la Sota ended, though the latter recognized their 20-year friendship by allowing Juez to step down without formally accepting a resignation, which left Juez's health benefits intact; Juez's youngest daughter had been born premature, and required six months' hospitalization. Juez became a leading figure in the "transversal" trend among key center-left elected officials who, without belonging to the Front for Victory of President Néstor Kirchner, became his allies. Among the appointments made during his administration was that of Juan Carlos Rabbat, a former mayoral candidate who had won a seat on the Córdoba city council in the 2003 municipal elections, whom Juez appointed in 2005 as Secretary of International Relations and International Cooperation of the municipal government.

The 2007 elections He declined to run for a second term in 2007, and instead became a candidate for governor. He again faced a de la Sota nominee, Vice Governor Juan Schiaretti, as well as UCR candidate Mario Negri, and organized a left-leaning Civic and Social Front with the support of the Broad Front, the Socialist Party and others. The election, on 2 September, resulted in a victory for Schiaretti by a margin of 1.17%, however.

The election became the most contentious in Argentina that year. Juez alleged electoral fraud when in a protracted, 16-hour ballot machine-counting process at the Córdoba Central Post Office from which the press was barred, overloaded circuit breakers shorted numerous times. He appealed the results, requesting a recount in court for all 6,152 precincts. His campaign was, however, granted a recount in only the 676 precincts with disputed results, and on 2 October Juez appealed to the Supreme Court of Argentina. Ultimately, results certified on 4 October narrowed the difference only slightly to 1.13% (18,000 votes). He ran again for Governor of Córdoba in the 2011 provincial elections. Juez was defeated, however, by his erstwhile boss and ally, former Governor de la Sota.