Juan Schiaretti (born June 19, 1949) known as ''El Gringo'', is an Argentine accountant and Justicialist Party politician. He is the Governor of the Córdoba Province.

Early life

Schiaretti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, to Julia Álamo and Dante Schiaretti. His father was a railway worker and Peronist activist descended from immigrants from

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. He was imprisoned after the

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which toppled President Juan Perón in 1955. His mother is, a housewife. Schiaretti studied at the Escuela Pública Nacional N°95, in the Talleres Oeste neighbourhood, then at the Liceo Militar General Paz, which he entered at eleven and left with the gold medal for best academic achievement of his group (1961 to 1965). He enrolled at the School of Economic Sciences of the

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, where he qualified as a public accountant at age 21. He married a fellow political activist and had two children. Schiaretti was threatened by the Triple A and in 1975, moved with his family to

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. The military coup of 1976, forced him into exile in

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. He worked as a salesman then found work as an administrative assistant at Fiat in Belo Horizonte. He stayed with the company and rose to be deputy director of administration.

Political career

Schiaretti returned to Argentina in 1984, and separated from his wife. He worked in politics and was sub-secretary of Latin American Integration in the Ministry of International Relations under President Carlos Menem between 1989 and 1991, then Secretary of Industry and Commerce in the Ministry of Economy between 1991 and 1993, during the same administration. He was appointed Federal Interventor for

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from 1993 to 1995, following the removal of the province's governor, and was then was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Córdoba Province, serving from 1995 to 1997. Schiaretti married Córdoba politician Alejandra María Vigo, secretary general of the Córdoba section of the housewives' union, in 1997. He was provincial minister of production in Córdoba from 1999 to 2001, then returned as Deputy for the province from 2001 to 2002 before becoming provincial Minister of Production and Finances 2002–03. In 2003, Schiaretti was elected vice-governor of his province with

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as governor. In 2007, upon de la Sota's retirement, Schiaretti stood for the governorship for the Justicialist Party in the Union for Córdoba Coalition, with Héctor 'Pichi' Campana (a former basketball player and New Party Councillor who had originally intended to stand in his own right). His principal opponent was the Mayor of Córdoba,

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and Schiaretti trailed in the polls for some time. In the 2007 election, there were claims of electoral fraud and the result went to recounts and was finally declared for Schiaretti by the electoral court of the province. Following the

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, Schiaretti became distanced from the national Peronist leadership of President

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and

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. Ahead of the

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of June 2009, he announced he would be running his own list for the National Congress, headed by Eduardo Mondino, in opposition to the Kirchners'

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.Se agrava la tensión entre el Gobierno y Schiaretti
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'', April 8, 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schiaretti, Juan 1949 births Living people Argentine accountants Argentine people of Italian descent Governors of Córdoba Province, Argentina Governors of Santiago del Estero Province Vice Governors of Córdoba Province, Argentina Justicialist Party politicians Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Córdoba National University of Córdoba alumni People from Córdoba, Argentina