Gerardo Zamora, lawyer and politician, was born on January 6, 1964, in Bowen, Mendoza. He has lived in Santiago del Estero since the age of four and is married to Claudia Ledesma Abdala, with whom he has four children
Zamora has served as governor of Santiago del Estero since December 10, 2017. He studied law at the Catholic University of Santiago del Estero, where he began his political involvement as a student in the Franja Morada organization. During his student years, he held prominent positions such as
Secretary General
President of the Student Center of the Faculty of Political, Social, and Legal Sciences
President of the Santiago del Estero Radical Youth
Vice President of the National Committee of the Radical Youth
Political career of Gerardo Zamora
Gerardo Zamora has had a long political career beginning in 1991, when he was elected as provincial deputy, a position he held for two years until the federal intervention of the province in 1993 during a time of financial instability and social conflict
1995 at the age of 30, he ran for mayor of the provincial capital but lost to a fellow Radical Party candidate
1997 elected again as provincial deputy and served as president of the Radical bloc in the Santiago del Estero Legislature
1999 became vice mayor of the capital city
2001 assumed the position of mayor of Santiago del Estero after José Luis Zavalía’s resignation. Amid the 2001–2002 economic crisis, he managed to stabilize the municipal economy within six months, with assistance from the provincial government
2003 officially elected as mayor of Santiago del Estero with 64 percent of the vote
2004 founded the Frente Cívico por Santiago, an alliance between the Radical Civic Union, the Peronist Party, and the Federal Party
2005 to 2009 elected governor of Santiago del Estero with 46.5 percent of the vote, representing the Frente Cívico
2009 to 2013 re-elected governor with an overwhelming 85.05 percent of the vote
2013 sought a third term, but the provincial Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. As a result, his wife, Claudia Ledesma Abdala, ran in his place and won with 64.67 percent of the vote
2013 also in that year, Zamora was sworn in as a national senator after Daniel Brué’s resignation. He was eligible to take the seat and won the legislative elections that October