Ricardo Quintela

Ricardo Quintela
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Governor of La Rioja
Assumed office
11 December 2019
Vice GovernorFlorencia López (2019–2023)
Teresita Madera (2023–present)
Preceded bySergio Casas
Provincial Legislator of La Rioja
In office
10 December 2017 – 24 November 2019
ConstituencyCapital Department
In office
10 December 1993 – 10 December 1997
ConstituencyCapital Department
Mayor of La Rioja
In office
10 December 2003 – 10 December 2015
Preceded byLuis Agost Carreño
Succeeded byAlberto Paredes Urquiza
National Deputy
In office
10 December 1997 – 10 December 2003
ConstituencyLa Rioja
Personal details
Born (1960-03-16) 16 March 1960 (age 64)
La Rioja, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (2023–present)

Ricardo Clemente Quintela (born 16 March 1960) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently Governor of La Rioja Province, since 11 December 2019.

He was previously Mayor of the City of La Rioja from 2003 to 2015, as well as a member of the provincial legislature during two non-consecutive terms and a National Deputy from 1997 to 2003.

Since 2020, Quintela has been the president of the La Rioja chapter of the Justicialist Party.