Julio Cobos
Julio Cesar Cleto Cobos is an Argentine politician, formerly of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), currently serving as the Vice President of Argentina.
Cobos has an academic background in civil engineering, graduating from the Universidad Tecnologica Nacional and teaching at this and other universities. He joined the UCR in 1991 and took public office as an official in the municipality of Mendoza then as minister of Environment and Public Works in the government of Mendoza Province 1999-2000. He was dean of the regional faculty of the Universidad Tecnologica Nacional 1997-2003. He was elected governor in 2003, heading a coalition between Radicals with Recrear and Federalists.
After his election, Cobos became a leading supporter of Peronist President Nestor Kirchner in Radical ranks, taking a more left-wing position. He is in dispute with other Radicals in Mendoza, led by former governor Roberto Iglesias, now Radical leader, over his support for Kirchner and their desire to back another presidential candidate in the 2007 elections [*]. Mendoza's constitution does not allow re-election; however Cobos supported Celso Jaque to take office in 2007 on the same slate as Kirchner.
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