Fabiana Ríos

Who is Fabiana Ríos?

María Fabiana Ríos is an Argentine politician of the party ARI. She is the governor of the province of Tierra del Fuego since December 17, 2007. She is currently one of two women governors in Argentina. The other being Lucia Corpacci of Catamarca Province.

Ríos was elected governor on June 24, 2007. She is the first woman to be elected governor of an Argentine province and the first woman governor of Tierra del Fuego Province. Prior to that she was a National Deputy.

Ríos graduated as a pharmacist from the National University of Rosario. She moved to Tierra del Fuego, a scarcely populated province on the southern end of Argentina, at the age of 23, and married Gustavo Longui, with whom she had two daughters. She occupied several important posts in the healthcare administration of the city of Río Grande.