Federico Pinedo

Federico Pinedo
Federico Pinedo
Acting President of Argentina
	In office; 10 December 2015 0:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Vice President	Vacant
Preceded by	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Succeeded by	Mauricio Macri
Provisional President of the Senate
	In office; 3 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
Preceded by	Gerardo Zamora
Succeeded by	Claudia Ledesma Abdala
Constituency
Legislative offices
National Senator
	In office; 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
Constituency	City of Buenos Aires
National Deputy
	In office; 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2015
Constituency	City of Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born	29 December 1955 (age 70); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Party	Republican Proposal (2008–present); Commitment to Change (2003–2008); Democratic Party (1993–2003); Union of the Democratic Centre (1982–1993); New Force (1972–1976)
Other party	Juntos por el Cambio (since 2015)
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Federico Pinedo (Spanish pronunciation: [feðeˈɾiko piˈneðo] ^ⓘ; born 29 December 1955) is an Argentine politician, served briefly as the acting President of Argentina in 2015, and provisional president of the Argentine Senate between 2015 and 2019.

As a chief of Republican Proposal in the lower house of National Congress of Argentina, he opposed same-sex marriage and legalization of abortion, representing the conservative vision of the party in different social policies.

Acting presidency (2015)

On 10 December 2015, the court, led by María Romilda Servini, ruled that outgoing President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's presidential term ended on 9 December 2015. Pinedo, as the provisional president of the Senate, based on the Argentine presidential line of succession, assumes presidential powers and duties from midnight of 10 December until Mauricio Macri assumed office on the noon of the same day.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Notes

^ Provisional President of the Argentine Senate in exercise of the Executive Branch

References

^ "Pinedo: I'll be acting president until noon". Buenos Aires Herald. December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2017. I'll be acting president until noon^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Argentina with an acting president for 12 hours until Macri takes the oath". MercoPress. December 9, 2015. The leader of the Senate, Federico Pinedo, will be the country's acting president between the end of incumbent Cristina Fernandez's term - at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday - and Macri's inauguration.
^ Gilbert, Jonathan (December 10, 2015). "Mauricio Macri, Argentina's New President, Is Sworn In Amid Feud With Predecessor". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2017. In the end, Federico Pinedo, a lawmaker in Mr. Macri's party, served as acting president between midnight and noon on Thursday
^ "Argentina to be led for 12 hours by acting president". EFE. December 9, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2017. The leader of the Senate, Federico Pinedo, will be the country's acting president between the end of incumbent Cristina Fernandez's term - at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday - and Macri's inauguration.
^ Amato, Alberto (December 11, 2015). "Federico Pinedo pasó a la historia como el presidente de 12 horas". Perfil (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2017. Federico Pinedo, presidente provisional del Senado desde el 3 de diciembre, fue presidente de la Nación por doce horas
^ "Macri Sworn in as Argentina's New President". VOA News. December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2017. Federico Pinedo, who had served as provisional president after a court ruled Fernandez's term officially ended Wednesday.

Political offices

Preceded by

Gerardo Zamora

Provisional President of the Senate
2015–2019

Succeeded by

Claudia Ledesma Abdala

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[1] Provisional President of the Argentine Senate in exercise of the Executive Branch

[2] "Pinedo: I'll be acting president until noon". Buenos Aires Herald. December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2017. I'll be acting president until noon^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Argentina with an acting president for 12 hours until Macri takes the oath". MercoPress. December 9, 2015. The leader of the Senate, Federico Pinedo, will be the country's acting president between the end of incumbent Cristina Fernandez's term - at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday - and Macri's inauguration.

[4] Gilbert, Jonathan (December 10, 2015). "Mauricio Macri, Argentina's New President, Is Sworn In Amid Feud With Predecessor". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2017. In the end, Federico Pinedo, a lawmaker in Mr. Macri's party, served as acting president between midnight and noon on Thursday

[5] "Argentina to be led for 12 hours by acting president". EFE. December 9, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2017. The leader of the Senate, Federico Pinedo, will be the country's acting president between the end of incumbent Cristina Fernandez's term - at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday - and Macri's inauguration.

[6] Amato, Alberto (December 11, 2015). "Federico Pinedo pasó a la historia como el presidente de 12 horas". Perfil (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2017. Federico Pinedo, presidente provisional del Senado desde el 3 de diciembre, fue presidente de la Nación por doce horas

[7] "Macri Sworn in as Argentina's New President". VOA News. December 10, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2017. Federico Pinedo, who had served as provisional president after a court ruled Fernandez's term officially ended Wednesday.

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