Gustavo Melella

Gustavo Adrián Melella
Governor of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands
Assumed office
17 December 2019
Vice GovernorMónica Urquiza
Preceded byJuan Carlos Arcando
Mayor of Río Grande
In office
14 December 2011 – 17 December 2019
Preceded byJorge Martín
Succeeded byMartín Pérez
Personal details
Born
Gustavo Adrián Melella

(1970-12-02) 2 December 1970 (age 53)
San Justo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyFORJA Concertation Party (2010–present)

Gustavo Adrián Melella (born 2 December 1970) is an Argentine politician who has been the governor of Tierra del Fuego Province since December 2019. He was previously mayor of Río Grande from 2011 to 2019. He is the first openly gay governor of an Argentine province.[1]

He belongs to the FORJA Concertation Party.[2]

  1. ^ "Gustavo Melella será el primer gobernador abiertamente gay de Argentina" [Gustavo Melella will be the first openly gay governor of Argentina]. El Diario 24 (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ Arias, Mariela (17 June 2019). "Tierra del Fuego: Melella se impuso a Bertone en primera vuelta" [Tierra del Fuego: Melella beats Bertone in the first round]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2020.