Born in
Caleufú, La Pampa Province, Jorge enrolled at the
National University of La Pampa, and earned a degree in
Accountancy. He taught in the discipline from 1965 to 1986, and served as
Comptroller of the Province from 1973 to 1976. Jorge was appointed provincial Economy Minister by governor
Rubén Marín in 1983, serving until 1989, and was named
Rector of the
National University of La Pampa. He was elected as Mayor of
Santa Rosa, capital of La Pampa, in 1991, and served for three consecutive terms until 2003. He was then appointed President of the Bank of La Pampa. In
2007, Jorge beat his former mentor Rubén Marín in the Justicialist primary for the governorship of La Pampa. He was elected, besting
Radical Senator
Juan Carlos Marino, and again defeated Marino for
re-election in 2011. Jorge died on 7 July 2025, at the age of 88. ==External links==