Carlos Eduardo Salazar is a former Argentine Senator for Tucumán Province. He is a member of Fuerza Republicana, a provincial political party founded by former general Antonio Bussi.
Salazar became a Senator in 2007 when Ricardo Bussi left the Senate to return to Tucumán as a state legislator. Prior to his election, Salazar was largely unknown and had not had a political career. He had been cardiologist to Bussi's father, General Antonio Bussi, former governor of Tucumán.