Hernán Hipólito Cornejo

{{Short description|Argentine diplomat and politician (1945–2024)}}

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| name = Hernán Hipólito Cornejo

| image = Hernán Hipólito Cornejo.jpg

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1945|07|22}}

| birth_place = Salta, Salta Province, Argentina

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|02|15|1945|07|22}}

| death_place = Salta, Salta Province, Argentina

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| occupation = Diplomat

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| party = PJ

| office = Member of the Mercosur Parliament for Salta Province

| term_start = 10 December 2015

| term_end = 10 December 2023

| office2 = Governor of Salta Province

| term_start2 = 10 December 1987

| term_end2 = 10 December 1991

| predecessor2 = Roberto Romero

| successor2 = Roberto Ulloa

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Hernán Hipólito Cornejo (22 July 1945 – 15 February 2024) was an Argentine diplomat and politician. A member of the Justicialist Party, he served as Governor of Salta Province from 1987 to 1991{{cite web|url=http://www.portaldesalta.gov.ar/indeprescamara.html|title=Presidentes de la Cámara de Diputados de Salta|work=Government of Salta Province|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171352/http://www.portaldesalta.gov.ar/indeprescamara.html|archivedate=24 August 2011}} and was a member of the Mercosur Parliament from 2015 to 2023.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 August 2015|title=Hernán Cornejo ahora va con Milagro Sala por las becas del Parlasur|trans-title= |url=http://www.eltribuno.info/hernan-cornejo-ahora-va-milagro-sala-las-becas-del-parlasur-n596799|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20151213015838/http://www.eltribuno.info/hernan-cornejo-ahora-va-milagro-sala-las-becas-del-parlasur-n596799|archivedate=13 December 2015|language=Spanish|work=El Tribuno|location= |access-date=18 February 2024}}

Cornejo died in Salta on 15 February 2024, at the age of 78.{{cite news |last=Díaz|first=Daniel|date=15 February 2024|title=A los 78 años falleció el exgobernador de Salta, Hernán Hipólito Cornejo|trans-title= |url=https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/salta/2024-2-15-7-44-0-a-los-78-anos-fallecio-el-exgobernador-hernan-hipolito-cornejo|language=Spanish|work=El Tribuno|location=Salta|access-date=18 February 2024}}