Isabel Viudes
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| Isabel Viudes | |
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| Assumed office 15 March 2006[1] |
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| Preceded by | Raúl Romero Feris |
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| In office 10 December 2001 – 12 December 2001 |
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| Succeeded by | Raúl Romero Feris |
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| Born | May 11, 1944 Corrientes |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | New Party Corrientes |
| Spouse | Rodolfo Ernesto Damonte |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Isabel Josefa Viudes de Damonte (b. 11 May 1944, Corrientes) is an Argentine politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate representing Corrientes Province for the New Party Corrientes.
Viudes qualified as a teacher then graduated as a lawyer from the National University of the Littoral. She was a judge in provincial courts.
A former Peronist, Viudes served as a Corrientes city councillor between 1988 and 1991. She took part in the constitutional reform of Corrientes Province in 1993 and the national constitutional reform of 1994. She served as a provincial deputy from 1993 and provincial senator 1997 - 1999. She was first elected to the Senate in 2001 but resigned after just two days without swearing in, in favour of her reserve, former governor Raúl Romero Feris. She was appointed to the Senate in 2006 upon the resignation of Romero Feris who was unable to take his seat due to ongoing court proceedings, having been elected in his own right in 2003.[2]

