Osvaldo Mércuri

Osvaldo Mércuri (1944/1945 – 6 February 2021) was an Argentine politician, based in Buenos Aires Province, and member of the Justicialist Party. He was a longtime member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies from 1985 to 2005.^[1] This included two tenures as the President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies: 7 December 1989, to 8 December 1997, and again from 7 December 2001, until 10 December 2005.^[2] Mércuri also chaired the national 1994 Constitutional Reform Convention and the Justicialist Party conference.^[2]

Osvaldo Mércuri
President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies
In office 7 December 2001 – 10 December 2005
Preceded by	Aldo San Pedro [es]
Succeeded by	Ismael Pasaglia
In office 8 December 1989 – 7 December 1997
Preceded by	Luis Rodolfo Almar
Succeeded by	Francisco José Ferro
Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires
In office 10 December 1985 – 10 December 2005
Constituency	Third Electoral Section
Personal details
Born	1944 or 1945 Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Died	6 February 2021 (aged 76) San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party
Spouse	Maria Elena

Biography

Mércuri was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.^[2]

At the time of his death, Mércuri was serving as a member of the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur).^[1] His term in Parlasaur was scheduled to expire on 31 December 2021.^[1]

Mércuri died from COVID-19 at a hospital in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, where he had been hospitalized for three weeks, on 6 February 2021, at the age of 76.^[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Maria Elena, and their children.^[2] Former President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde, a friend and close political ally, paid tribute to Mércuri on Twitter following his death.^[2]

References

1. "Murió Osvaldo Mércuri, histórico dirigente justicialista". La Nación. Yahoo News. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
2. "Murió por coronavirus Osvaldo Mércuri, histórico dirigente peronista bonaerense". Infobae. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.