José Alperovich

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Alperovich (left) next to President Néstor Kirchner.

José Jorge Alperovich (b. 1955) is an Argentine politician, currently the governor of Tucumán Province.

Alperovich was a member of the Radical Civic Union until he was approached by the then governor of Tucumán, Julio Miranda, to be provincial economy minister, joining the Justicialist Party in 2001. He became a national senator in 2001 and won as governor in 2003.

Alperovich has been the victim of anti-semitism, particularly in political campaigns against him and his policies [1]. Some commentators alleged that he would not be able to become governor if elected because of the provincial law that required him to give an oath on the Christian Bible [2].

In fact, thanks to the state Supreme Court's amendment of Tucuman's Constitution, Alperovich was allowed to take the oath using the Hebrew Bible, or Torah.

Alperovich is married to Beatriz Rockeis de Alperovich, a national deputy.