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Beatriz Rojkes de Alperovich.
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BUENOS AIRES (EJP)---For the first time in its history, Argentina has had a Jewish president.
Beatriz Rojkes de Alperovich, who is the provisional president of the Senate, was in charge of Presidency this week while both President Christina Fernandez and Vice-President Amado Boudou were travelling overseas.
On Wednesday Cristina Fernandez left for a two day trip to Angola, while Boudou on Tuesday traveled to Switzerland to accept a prize for Argentina at the International Telecommunication Union.
Beatriz Rojkes is married to Jose Alperovich, the governor of Tucuman, who was the first Jewish person in Argentina to be elected a governor and to be sworn in on a Jewish Bible.
She was elected to the Senate in 2009 and two years later she became provisional president of the Senate and the first Jewish member of the Parliament.