Miguel Saiz

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Miguel Saiz
Governor of Río Negro
In office 2003 – 2007
Lieutenant(s)	Mario De Rege
Preceded by	Pablo Verani
Succeeded by	incumbent

Born	1949-05-17
Political party	Radical Civic Union
Profession	lawyer

Miguel Saiz (b. 1949-05-17) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, current governor of Río Negro Province.

Saiz studied at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and became a lawyer. He led the National Register of secured credit and was Vice President of the Caja Forense de Río Negro and Presidente of the “Sancor” insurance co-operative. In 1983 he became involved in the UCR and became a councillor in General Roca in 1989. In 1991 he was elected mayor of the city, re-elected in 1995 and serving until 1999. He became a provincial deputy in 1999 and was president of the UCR-Frepaso Alliance block.

Saiz was elected governor of the province in 2003 defeating Carlos Soria; his term expires in 2007. He is a leading supporter in Radical ranks of Peronist President Néstor Kirchner but is likely to be opposed by leading Justicialist Party politician Miguel Ángel Pichetto in the 2007 governor election. Kirchner is considering backing Saiz at the expense of his own party [1].