Jorge Colazo
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Jorge Colazo | |
|---|---|
 Mario Jorge Colazo | |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2013 | |
| Constituency | Tierra del Fuego |
| In office 10 December 2001 – 10 January 2004 | |
| Constituency | Tierra del Fuego |
| Governor of Tierra del Fuego | |
| In office 10 January 2004 – 2 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Manfredotti |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Cóccaro |
| Mayor of Río Grande | |
| In office 1991–1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 4, 1954 Río Tercero, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Spouse | Ana María del Carmen Córdoba |
Mario Jorge Colazo, "El Potro", (born 4 March 1954) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. He was governor of Tierra del Fuego from 2004 to 2005, when he was removed from office by the Supreme Court. From 2001 to 2004, and again from 2007 to 2013, he sat in the Argentine Senate.
Colazo was born on 4 March 1954 in Río Tercero, Córdoba Province. He attended primary school in Córdoba before moving to Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego for his secondary education. He was involved in various community organisations. During the Falklands War he served in civil protection in Río Grande.
From an early age, Colazo was involved in the UCR and held senior positions in the party at provincial and national levels. From 1989 to 1991 he served as a Río Grande councillor and in 1991 he was elected Mayor of Río Grande, serving until 1999. In that year he stood as candidate for governor of the Province. From January 2000 he worked as head of the Social Services for Pensioners for the Province until 2001.