1. Ernesto Sanz was born on 9 December 1956 and is a former Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and one of the founders of Cambiemos.
14 Facts About Ernesto Sanz
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Ernesto Sanz served in the Argentine Senate representing Mendoza Province from 2003 to 2015.
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Ernesto Sanz enrolled at the National University of the Littoral, and earned a law degree in 1981.
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Ernesto Sanz taught at the National University of Cuyo Law School from 1984 to 1986, and maintained a private practice.
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Ernesto Sanz was elected to the UCR Youth Chapter's National Committee in 1987, and as President of the San Rafael Department chapter of the UCR in 1991.
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Ernesto Sanz served as a provincial senator from 1993, acting as President of the UCR caucus from 1995, and in 1999 became mayor of San Rafael.
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Ernesto Sanz joined the Senate Budget and Domestic Economic Policy committees, and later the Constitutional, Investment, Argentina-Chile relations, and Federal Budget Sharing committees, among others.
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Ernesto Sanz was elected ranking member of the Budget Committee, and in 2007, leader of the UCR Senate caucus.
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Ernesto Sanz suffered an automobile accident in March 2008 while driving along the Atuel River in Mendoza; he recovered quickly.
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Ernesto Sanz was reelected to the Senate in a landslide in 2009.
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In December 2009, Ernesto Sanz was elected President of the UCR National Committee.
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Ernesto Sanz withdrew shortly before the 28 April primary and Alfonsin himself placed third in the 2011 general election.
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At the radical convention on 14 March 2015 in Gualeguaychu, Sanz and Cobos presented their proposals: Cobos proposed a front of center-left parties, while Ernesto Sanz proposed that the Radical Civic Union lead a broad coalition opposing Kirchnerism for the presidential elections of 25 October, which includes the ARI Civic Coalition led by Elisa Carrio and the Republican Proposal of Macri.
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Cobos, supported by Gerardo Morales and Deputy Ricardo Alfonsin, obtained 114 votes, while the position held by those who supported Ernesto Sanz reached 186 votes.