Alberto Balestrini

Alberto Edgardo Balestrini (9 March 1947 – 4 April 2017) was an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. Balestrini held a number of important posts throughout his career: he served as Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province under Daniel Scioli from 2007 to 2010, as President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2005 to 2007, and as intendente (mayor) of La Matanza from 1999 to 2005.

For the Argentine fencer, see Alberto Balestrini (fencer).

Alberto Balestrini
Vice Governor of Buenos Aires
In office
10 December 2007 – 7 April 2010
GovernorDaniel Scioli
Preceded byGraciela Giannettasio
Succeeded byGabriel Mariotto
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
10 December 2005 – 10 December 2007
Preceded byEduardo Camaño
Succeeded byEduardo Fellner
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2005 – 10 December 2007
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
In office
10 December 1991 – 10 December 1995
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Mayor of La Matanza
In office
10 December 1999 – 10 December 2005
Preceded byFrancisco Di Leva
Succeeded byFernando Espinoza
Provincial Senator of Buenos Aires
In office
10 December 1995 – 10 December 1999
ConstituencyThird Electoral Section
Personal details
Born(1947-03-09)9 March 1947
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died11 April 2017(2017-04-11) (aged 70)
Banfield, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2003–2017)
Alma materUniversidad del Salvador

In addition, Balestrini served as a member of the Buenos Aires provincial senate, and as president of the Buenos Aires Province chapter of the Justicialist Party. Balestrini's career was cut short by a debilitating stroke in April 2010, following which he retired from politics in order to recover. He died in 2017, aged 70.

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