Jorge Sobisch

Jorge Omar Sobisch (born January 16, 1943) is an Argentine peronist centre-right politician, formerly governor of Neuquén Province.

He studied in Neuquén and Buenos Aires, then moved to Trelew, Chubut as a young man to work in a friend's design company.

Following a scandal in his home province, concerning the April 7 death of local teachers' union member Carlos Fuentealba (who was reportedly fired upon by provincial police during a protest despite being unarmed), Sobisch was largely shunned by disgruntled Peronists who mainly backed Alberto Rodríguez Saá.

Sobisch was, however, backed by crime victims' rights activist Juan Carlos Blumberg.

His wife of 38 years, Liliana Planas, died on December 22, 2009, after falling from their ninth story Neuquén apartment building, in what local coroners determined to be a suicide.

A T-shirt commemorates the assassinated school teacher, Carlos Fuentealba.