Juan José Álvarez
Juan José "Juanjo" Álvarez (born 25 May 1955) is an Argentine former politician. He held a number of important posts throughout his career, serving as the first intendente (mayor) of Hurlingham Partido from 1995 to 2001, as Minister of Justice during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde from 2002 to 2003, and as a National Deputy from 2003 to 2011. Having belonged to the Justicialist Party throughout most of his career, in 2008 he joined the Light Blue and White Union, aligning himself with the opposition to then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He retired from politics in 2015. Early life and education Álvarez was born on 25 May 1955 in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. He enrolled to study law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in the 1970s, but was forced to briefly interrupt his studies following the death of his father. He graduated in the 1980s. In 1979 he married his wife, Graciela, with whom he fathered a son, born the same year. Political career Provincial politics Álvarez was elected as intendente (mayor) of the newly created Hurlingham Partido (which had, until then, been part of Morón Partido) in 1995. In 1997, he briefly requested for a leave of absence