16 Facts About Leopoldo Moreau

Leopoldo Raul Guido Moreau was born on 5 November 1946 and is an Argentine journalist and politician.

Leopoldo Moreau briefly served as President of the Chamber of Deputies 1989.

Leopoldo Raul Guido Moreau was born on 5 November 1946 in Rosario, in Santa Fe Province, but grew up in San Isidro, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation.

Leopoldo Moreau's father was an engineer who worked in the Argentine Navy, and his grandfather was a jeweller.

Leopoldo Moreau studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, though he dropped out in his fourth year and instead began working as a journalist.

In 1983, upon the fall of the last military dictatorship in Argentina, Leopoldo Moreau ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

Toward the end of the 1980s, Leopoldo Moreau became leader of the Radical Committee of Buenos Aires Province.

From April to June 1989, Leopoldo Moreau was president of the Chamber of Deputies.

Leopoldo Moreau was re-elected to the Chamber in 1987 and 1991.

Leopoldo Moreau played a prominent role in the establishment and development of the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons, the commission created to investigate the fate of the desaparecidos and other human rights violations during the dictatorship.

In 1995, Leopoldo Moreau was elected to the National Senate by the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province, where he became part of the parliamentary commissions on budget and treasury affairs, accords, culture and education.

Leopoldo Moreau was the UCR's presidential candidate in the 2003 general election, having won the party's nomination over Rodolfo Terragno.

At the 2017 legislative election, Leopoldo Moreau was the 8th candidate in the Unidad Ciudadana list to the Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires Province.

Since 2019, Leopoldo Moreau has been part of the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc.

Leopoldo Moreau was married to Maria del Carmen Banzas, with whom he has five children, two of which are active in politics: Cecilia was born on 1976 and serves in the Chamber of Deputies alongside Leopoldo Moreau, while Carmela was born on 1982 and is presently an advisor at the Office of the Cabinet Chief.

In January 2021, while at a coffeehouse near the Congressional Palace, Leopoldo Moreau was insulted and violently threatened by two unidentified men.