Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich
Beatriz Liliana Rojkés de Alperovich (born February 4, 1956) is an Argentine speech therapist, businesswoman, and Justicialist Party politician. She was elected to the Argentine Senate in 2009, and in 2011 became the first woman and first Jew to be designated as its Provisional President; the post put her second in Argentine line of succession, after Vice President Amado Boudou.
Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich | |
|---|---|
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2009 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | Tucumán |
| Provisional President of the Senate | |
| In office November 30, 2011 – February 28, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | José Pampuro |
| Succeeded by | Gerardo Zamora |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2005 – 10 December 2009 | |
| Constituency | Tucumán |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Beatriz Liliana Rojkés February 4, 1956 San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Justicialist Party/Front for Victory |
| Spouse | José Alperovich |
| Profession | Psychopedadogue Auto dealership proprietor |
Both Rojkés and her husband, José Alperovich, who has been governor of Tucumán since 2003, are considered leading “K” (or Kirchner) politicians who are “very close to the Casa Rosada.” Their lavish way of life has been severely criticized, as has the fact that several of their relatives have been given high-level government jobs. Both of them have been the subject of corruption allegations. Also, Rojkés has frequently made remarks that have been viewed in the media as insensitive to the poor and to crime victims. In 2015, she visited flood victims in the town of El Molino and made headlines when she called one of them a “lazy bum” and boasted of having ten mansions.