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Olijela del Valle Rivas
Member of the Legislature of Tucumán
In office
10 December 2003 – 10 December 2011
Member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
In office
10 December 1999 – 10 December 2003
ConstituencyTucumán Province
Secretary for International Educational Cooperation and Integration of the Ministry of Education
In office
16 December 1998 – 10 December 1999
PresidentCarlos Menem
Member of the Argentine Senate
In office
10 December 1983 – 10 December 1998
Succeeded byPalito Ortega
ConstituencyTucumán Province
Personal details
Born(1926-04-14)14 April 1926
Tucumán Province, Argentina
Died5 February 2024(2024-02-05) (aged 97)
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist
Spouse Fernando Riera [es] ​ ​(m. 1966; died 1998)
OccupationTeacher

Olijela del Valle Rivas (14 April 1926 – 5 February 2024) was an Argentine teacher and politician of the Justicialist Party.

Biography

Olijela del Valle Rivas was born in Tucumán Province in 1926. She was the first female principal and teacher at the 9 de Julio Institute in San Miguel de Tucumán, founded in 1967.

In 1962, while working as a teacher, she met Fernando Riera [es], a 47-year-old Justicialist politician who was campaigning for governor. They were married from 1966 until his death in 1998. She was a national senator for Tucumán Province from 1983 to 1998, succeeded in her seat by Ramón "Palito" Ortega. In the Senate, she served on eleven committees.

In 1995, Rivas was a candidate for governor in the provincial elections [es] for the Front of Hope, together with José Carbonell. They finished in second place with 32.08% of the votes, losing to former military governor Antonio Domingo Bussi.

In December 1998, she was appointed head of the Ministry of Education's Secretariat for International Educational Cooperation and Integration. This position was created by Decree 1460/98 by then-president Carlos Menem, days after Rivas left her seat in the Senate. Previously, Rivas was to be appointed the ministry's Secretary of Educational Programming and Evaluation, but the incumbent, Manuel García Solá [es], refused to resign and was supported by Minister Susana Decibe.

From 1999 to 2003, Rivas was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Justicialist Agreement for Change [es] front, heading its list of candidates.

She was then a provincial legislator and chaired the Culture and Education Committee. In 2006, she was a provincial constituent convention member, where she proposed adding electronic voting to the provincial constitution.

In the 2007 provincial elections [es], she was unable to run with the Front for Victory in spite of filing legal challenges before local and federal courts; she was re-elected to her seat by another party.

Olijela del Valle Rivas died in San Miguel de Tucumán on 5 February 2024.

References

  1. "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). Instituto 9 de Julio. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  2. "Histórico de Senadores" [History of Senators] (in Spanish). Argentine Senate. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. ^ Litre, Gabriela (26 June 2020). "No cesan las resistencias por Olijela Rivas en Educación" [Resistance to Olijela Rivas in Education Continues]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. Elecciones Nacionales [National Elections] (in Spanish). Secretariat of the Interior. p. 44. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Falleció Olijela Rivas, histórica dirigente del peronismo tucumano" [Olijela Rivas, Historic Leader of Tucumán Peronism, Passes Away]. La Gaceta (in Spanish). San Miguel de Tucumán. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  6. Galmarini, Miguel (24 November 2011). "Murió Bussi" [Bussi Dies]. Misiones Online (in Spanish). Posadas, Argentina. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  7. "Decreto 1460/98". InfoLeg (in Spanish). Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  8. Veiras, Nora (8 May 1999). "Decibe renuncio y Menem designo a su segundo para reemplazarla" [Decibe Resigns and Menem Appoints Her Second in Command to Replace Her]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  9. "Rivas, Olijela del Valle". Patrimonio Legislativo (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Deputies. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  10. "Olijela, la interminable" [Olijela, the Endless]. Clarín (in Spanish). 22 July 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  11. "Olijela del Valle Rivas juró como legisladora provincial" [Olijela del Valle Rivas Sworn in as Provincial Legislator]. La Gaceta (in Spanish). San Miguel de Tucumán. 5 December 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  12. "Tucumán mira de reojo el voto electrónico implementado en Salta y Brasil" [Tucumán Keeps an Eye on the Electronic Vote Implemented in Salta and Brazil]. El Intransigente (in Spanish). Argentina. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  13. "La exclusión de la lista de Rivas llegó a la Justicia" [Rivas's Exclusion From the List Arrives at Courts]. La Gaceta (in Spanish). San Miguel de Tucumán. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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