Diego César Santilli (born 6 April 1967) is an
Argentine accountant and politician. A member of
Republican Proposal
Republican Proposal ( es, link=no, Propuesta Republicana) is a centre-right
political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national p ...
(PRO), Santilli has served in a number of posts in the
Buenos Aires
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city government, most notably as Deputy
Deputy Chief of Government (deputy mayor) under
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (born 29 October 1965) is an Argentine economist, politician and the current Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
Larreta was re-elected in 2019 with almost 56% of the votes, becoming the first candidate ...
from 2015 to 2021.
Personal life
Diego César Santilli was born in the neighborhood of
Palermo,
Buenos Aires
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on April 6, 1967. He is son of the former president of
River Plate and
Banco Nación
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, Hugo Santilli.
He attended Saint Augustine School and received his degree in
accountancy
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at the age of 23 from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the
University of Buenos Aires
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; he also pursued marketing studies at the
University of California, Berkeley
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.
He was married to journalist
Nancy Pazos, with whom he has three children.
Political career
Diego Santilli has held several public offices in
Buenos Aires City, the most important being manager of the Buenos Aires City Bank and vice president of the
City Legislature. From 2009 to 2013 he served as Minister of Environment and Public Spaces of the City of Buenos Aires. He is coordinator of ''Asociación'' ''Buenos Aires en RED'' and, together with his wife, founder of CANI (Food Culture for an Intelligent, Responsible and Safe Nutrition). In 2008 he wrote a children's book in order to raise awareness about the importance of following traffic norms.
In
2013
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, he was elected
National Senator for the City of Buenos Aires; he was second in
Republican Proposal
Republican Proposal ( es, link=no, Propuesta Republicana) is a centre-right
political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national p ...
's list, under
Gabriela Michetti
Marta Gabriela Michetti Illia (; born 28 May 1965) is an Argentine politician and was Vice President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019 during Mauricio Macri's administration. Before her, the only woman to serve as vice president was Isabel Perón.
...
. Both Michetti and Santilli went on to leave the Senate to assume office in executive branches before the end of their term.
In 2021, he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the
Juntos por el Cambio
( en, Together for Change) is a centre-right political coalition in Argentina. It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos ( en, Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and ...
list in
Buenos Aires Province.
References
*Público y Eficiente (Public and Efficient)
External links
Official BlogOfficial Website
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1967 births
Living people
Argentine people of Italian descent
Republican Proposal politicians
Politicians from Buenos Aires
Members of the Argentine Senate for Buenos Aires
Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province
Deputy Chiefs of Government of Buenos Aires