Alberto Pierri

Alberto Pierri
National Deputy
In office 10 December 1985 – 10 December 2001
Constituency	Buenos Aires
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 10 December 1989 – 10 December 1999
Preceded by	Leopoldo Moreau
Succeeded by	Rafael Pascual
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party

Alberto Reinaldo Pierri (born 1948) is an Argentine businessman and former politician of the Justicialist Party. Pierri is the owner and managing director of Telecentro, one of Argentina's largest communications company.^[1] He served as a member of the National Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province during 16 years, and presided the Chamber from 1989 to 1999 – being the longest-serving president of the Chamber of Deputies since the restoration of Argentine democracy in 1983.^[2][3]

His tenure as president of the Chamber of Deputies was marred by a number of controversies, such as the infamous "diputrucho" incident, where a man who was not an elected member of Congress voted in place of an absent deputy.^[4] He was the sponsor of the bill that mandated the creation of the National University of La Matanza in 1989.^[5]

In 2003, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Buenos Aires Province as part of the Front for Loyalty, the electoral coalition backing Carlos Menem in that year's presidential election.^[6]

References

1. Catalano, Sebastián (18 November 2018). "Alberto Pierri, dueño de Telecentro: "Somos una empresa de familia contra multinacionales"". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
2. "Pierri estuvo cerca de ser presidente". Clarín (in Spanish). 18 November 1999. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
3. "Alberto Pierri: "En tiempos de emergencia hay que tomar medidas impopulares"". Perfil (in Spanish). 22 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
4. "Pierri: triste récord". La Nación (in Spanish). 29 November 1998. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
5. "Investigan al rector de la Universidad de La Matanza". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 May 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
6. "Pierri también se lanzó". Clarín (in Spanish). 28 February 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

Political offices
Preceded by Leopoldo Moreau	President of the Chamber of Deputies 1989–1999	Succeeded by Rafael Pascual