José Manuel de la Sota (28 November 1949 – 15 September 2018) was an Argentine politician. He was born in Córdoba, Argentina. Sota was a member of the Argentine Senate from 1995 to 1999 and was Governor of Córdoba from 1999 to 2007 and again from 2011 to 2015. Sota was a member of the Justicialist Party.