Mario Alberto Ishii

Mario Alberto Ishii
Mario Alberto Ishii
Mayor of José C. Paz
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 December 2015
Preceded by	Carlos Urquiaga
	In office; 10 December 1999 – 10 December 2013
Preceded by	Rubén Oscar Glaria
Succeeded by	Carlos Urquiaga
Provincial Senator of Buenos Aires
	In office; 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2015
Constituency	First Electoral Section
Personal details
Born	June 22, 1951 (age 74); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party
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Mario Alberto Ishii (born 22 June 1951) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party, currently serving as intendente (mayor) of José C. Paz, a partido in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. He is popularly known as El Japonés ("the Japanese") due to his Japanese heritage.^[1]

He was first elected mayor in 1999, and continued to be so until 2013, when he was elected to the as Buenos Aires Province Senate.^[2] In 2015, he was once again elected mayor.^[3]

In August 2020 a video was leaked, showing him accusing city workers of selling drugs in municipal ambulances and saying he had to cover for them, causing major national media attention and a legal case to be opened.^[1]^[2]^[4] He then claimed that when he said "drugs" he had meant "medicines".^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Savoia, Claudio (25 July 2020). "Mario Ishii, un caudillo feudal del conurbano que juró lealtad K y controla la capital de la pobreza". Clarín.
^ ^a ^b "Eterno oficialista y con graves denuncias: quién es Mario Ishii, el intendente de José C. Paz" [Eternal officialist and with serious complaints: who is Mario Ishii, the mayor of José C. Paz]. Infobae (in Spanish). 25 July 2020.
^ Di Santi, Matías (26 October 2020). "¿Cómo queda el mapa de los intendentes tras la salida de la mayoría de los barones del conurbano?". Chequeado.
^ "Mario Ishii y una polémica frase sobre ambulancias que venden droga" [Mario Ishii and a polemic phrase on ambulances selling drugs]. Página 12 (in Spanish). 26 July 2020.
^ "Sigue el escándalo con Ishii: ahora dice que "la falopa" eran medicamentos". El Cronista (in Spanish). 27 July 2020.

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[:0-1] Savoia, Claudio (25 July 2020). "Mario Ishii, un caudillo feudal del conurbano que juró lealtad K y controla la capital de la pobreza". Clarín.

[:1-2] "Eterno oficialista y con graves denuncias: quién es Mario Ishii, el intendente de José C. Paz" [Eternal officialist and with serious complaints: who is Mario Ishii, the mayor of José C. Paz]. Infobae (in Spanish). 25 July 2020.

[3] Di Santi, Matías (26 October 2020). "¿Cómo queda el mapa de los intendentes tras la salida de la mayoría de los barones del conurbano?". Chequeado.

[4] "Mario Ishii y una polémica frase sobre ambulancias que venden droga" [Mario Ishii and a polemic phrase on ambulances selling drugs]. Página 12 (in Spanish). 26 July 2020.

[5] "Sigue el escándalo con Ishii: ahora dice que "la falopa" eran medicamentos". El Cronista (in Spanish). 27 July 2020.

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Mayor of José C. Paz
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2015
Preceded by	Carlos Urquiaga
In office 10 December 1999 – 10 December 2013
Preceded by	Rubén Oscar Glaria
Succeeded by	Carlos Urquiaga
Provincial Senator of Buenos Aires
In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2015
Constituency	First Electoral Section

Personal details
Born	(1951-06-22) June 22, 1951 (age 74) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party