Luz Sapag

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Luz María Sapag (June 15, 1944 – July 7, 2010) was an Argentine politician, Mayor of the city of San Martín de los Andes and formerly a Senator representing the Neuquén Province under the aegis of the Neuquino People's Movement.

Sapag was born in Cutral Có, Neuquén. She was a member of the influential Sapag family – daughter of Elías Sapag, a senator; niece of Felipe Sapag, five-time governor of Neuquén; and sister to Jorge Sapag, governor of Neuquén from 2007.

In 1987, Sapag became secretary of government of the municipality of San Martín de los Andes and in 1991 she became Mayor of the city. She was re-elected in 1995. In 1999 she was elected to the provincial legislature.

In 2001, Sapag was elected to the Senate. She had been president of the environmental committee. In June 2006, prosecutors in Neuquén asked the Argentine Congress to lift her immunity so that she could face trial for abuse of office whilst Mayor of San Martín de los Andes .

In June 2007 she was re-elected Mayor of San Martín de los Andes and stepped down from the Senate.

Sapag died in a road accident in the morning of July 7, 2010.

External links

Senate profile (Spanish)
Sapag family history by Luis Felipe Sapag
Obituary (Spanish)

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Name	Sapag, Luz
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Short description	Argentien politician
Date of birth	June 15, 1944
Place of birth
Date of death	July 7, 2010
Place of death

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