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{{Infobox Senator | name=Luis Alberto Falcó
| image = Luis_Falcó.jpg
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| office=[[Argentine Senate|National Senator]]
| party=[[Radical Civic Union|UCR]]
| term_start=10 December 2001
| term_end= 28 July 2007
| constituency = [[Río Negro Province|Río Negro]]
| preceded= Edgardo José Gagliardi 
| succeeded= Jacobo Alberto Abrameto 
| birth_date= 26 September 1949
| birth_place= [[General Roca, Río Negro|General Roca]], [[Río Negro Province]], Argentina
| dead=
| death_date= 28 July 2007
| death_place= [[Viedma, Río Negro|Viedma]], Argentina
| spouse= 
| profession= physician
| website=
}}
'''Luis Alberto Falcó''' (26 September 1949, [[General Roca]]-28 July 2007, [[Viedma]]) was an Argentine physician and politician of the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR). He served on the [[Argentine Senate]] from 2001 until his death.

Falcó was born in General Roca, [[Río Negro Province]] and attended school there. He graduated in medicine at the [[Catholic University of Córdoba]] in 1972. His specialism was [[traumatology]] and [[orthopaedics]]. He completed his residency in that specialism at the [[Hospital Fernández]] in [[Buenos Aires]], and practised in his home city for many years.<ref>[http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/senadores/biografia.php?id_sena=309 Senate profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210074048/http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/senadores/biografia.php?id_sena=309 |date=2012-02-10 }}. Accessed 28 April 2008.</ref>

Upon the return of democracy in 1983, Falcó was appointed Government Secretary for the General Roca municipality. In 1985 he became a General Roca councillor. From 1991 he served for ten years on the Río Negro provincial legislature, becoming first vice president of the body. He became leader of the Río Negro UCR in 2000.<ref>''[[La Nación]]'': [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=929972 Falleció Luis Falcó], 29 July 2007.</ref>

Falcó was elected to the Senate at the head of the UCR list in 2001. He was a prolific legislator, introducing dozens of new laws. In 2004 he introduced more new projects than any other national legislator. His best known contribution is the so-called 'Falcó Law', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926012950/http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/115000-119999/116299/norma.htm Ley 26.093], which promoted the use of [[biofuel]]s.<ref>''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]'': [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/29/elpais/p-01502.htm Murió el senador Luis Falcó], 29 July 2007.</ref>

Falcó died in July 2007 after a long illness. [[Jacobo Abrameto]] was appointed to complete the remaining months of his term on the Senate.<ref>[http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/senadores/historico/per_rem.php Senate archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531182113/http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/senadores/historico/per_rem.php |date=2011-05-31 }}. Accessed 28 April 2008.</ref>

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{{Argentine national senators, 2001–2003}}
{{Argentine national senators, 2003–2005}}

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[[Category:1949 births]]
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[[Category:Radical Civic Union politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Argentine Senate for Río Negro]]
[[Category:People from General Roca]]