Elias Canaan Sapag (1911-08-05–1993-06-21) was a Lebanese-born Argentine politician, long-serving senator for Neuquen Province, founder of the Neuquino People's Movement and head of the locally influential Sapag family.
Sapag was born in Mayrouba, Lebanon and emigrated with his parents to Argentina in 1913. They arrived in Covunco, Neuquen where his grandfather had already set up home, and moved on to Zapala. His parents had several more children, including his brothers Felipe, Amado and Jose. The family were successful in business but the 1930 economic collapse brought great hardship. Sapag and his brothers were forced to give up their education to work to support the family and they moved to Cutral-Co to set up a company. He and his brothers played leading roles in the community, and became leading Peronist activists. Elias chaired the Settlement Committee (Comision de Fomento) of the town whilst Felipe was secretary, helping newcomers to settle in the new town. Felipe later became the first mayor of Cutral-Co, and Amado became mayor of Zapala.
Following the military coup d'etat and the banning of the Peronist movement, Sapag and his brothers founded the Neuquino People's Movement, a provincial political party able to contest elections. Originally called 'Provincial Politics', it came into being on 1961-06-04. Elias became Party president. In 1963 he was elected a senator whilst Felipe was elected governor of Neuquen and would serve four further times until the 1990s.
Having been deposed by the military in 1966, Elias Sapag was re-elected to the Senate in 1973, and returned to Congress in 1983 upon the restoration of democracy, serving until his death in 1993. He was one of Argentina's longest-serving senators.
Sapag married Alma Cavallo and they had seven children. His son Rodolfo 'Pipe' Sapag succeeded him as senator, his daughter Luz Sapag was next to become a senator herself, whilst another son Jorge served as vice-governor of Neuquen.
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