Ricardo Gómez Diez

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Ricardo Gómez Diez (b. 1949-03-04) is an Argentine politician. He is currently a senator for Salta Province for the Salta Renewal Party (PRS) and was vice-presidential candidate of the national Recrear Federal Movement, now part of the PRO alliance.

Gómez Diez was born in Salta and studied at the Catholic University of Salta, becoming a lawyer. He became a member of the provincial legislature in 1984 and led the PRS block.

In 1991, Gómez Diez became Vice-Governor of Salta Province, serving until 1995. He was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1995, where he led the PRS block and sat until 2001, when he was elected a senator. At the 2003 Presidential election, Gómez Diez was candidate for Vice-President on the ticket of Ricardo López Murphy for Recrear. They came third in the first round.

Gómez Diez serves as second Vice-President of the Senate and is a member of the Council of Magistrates of the Nation. His term expires in 2007.

He is married to Inés Velarde and has three children.