Fellner was born in
Río Tercero, Córdoba, and was raised in
Villa Palpalá,
Jujuy Province, where his father had found work in the Zapla steel mill, the country's oldest and largest. The young Fellner later relocated to
Tucumán, where he earned a
juris doctor at the
Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North. He returned to Jujuy in 1983, and was appointed Solicitor General of the province, later becoming
District Attorney. The Secretary of Industry,
Juan Schiaretti, named Fellner his Minister of Government during President
Carlos Menem's 1993
Federal intervention decree over the governor's post in
Santiago del Estero Province. Fellner returned to Jujuy and was elected to the Provincial Legislature. Serving as President of the body by 1998, he first assumed the governor's post upon the resignation of Governor Carlos Ferraro. He later stood for election to the
Argentine Chamber of Deputies, and was sworn in during December 2007. Fellner was elected as President of the Chamber, and was only the second chamber president to not be from
Buenos Aires Province; he was re-elected to the post in 2009. Fellner was nominated as the
Front for Victory candidate for Governor of Jujuy in 2011. He was returned to the post by voters with 57% of the total, defeating
UCR candidate Mario Fiad by 31%. Fellner's sister,
Liliana Fellner, is a
Senator for Jujuy. ==External links==