The historic Peronist militant Lorenzo Pepe died at 93. The former deputy died on Sunday night and various political leaders said goodbye to him on social networks, highlighting his career.
Born in 1931 in Saenz Peña, he was elected as a deputy on several occasions and also served as a union and political leader.
After learning of his death, different political figures remembered him. The leader of the judicial union, Julio Piumatoremarked that Pepe was “living history of the Railway Union, the Organized Labor Movement and Peronism.” “From the UEJN we accompany his family and loved ones and raise a prayer to his eternal rest. Long live Perón!” he concluded his message.
The Minister of Development of Buenos Aires Andrés “Cuervo” Larroqueexpressed his “deep pain” for his death.
Walter Correa, Buenos Aires Minister of Labor and leader of the tanners’ union, published: “One of our own, an essential, a Peronist leader like few others who never abandoned his fight for economic independence, political sovereignty and social justice. Long live Perón damn!”
The director in the General Directorate of Culture and Education of Buenos Aires, Alberto Sileonialso dedicated a message to him on his
Who was Lorenzo Pepe
Pepe was born in 1931 in Saenz Peña. He started working in Railways at the age of 17, the age at which he also began his extensive career. as a union and political leader.
He was a national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires for five consecutive terms.between 1983 to 2003. In the Lower House he was a member of the Permanent Commissions on Family, Women and Minorities, Labor Legislation, Transportation, Defense and the Bicameral Commission of the Library of Congress of the Nation.
In 1996 Pepe was parliamentary delegate to the International Labor Organization (ILO)in Geneva, Switzerland. He also served as general secretary of the “Juan Domingo Perón” Institute.
Source: Ambito
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