Karina Eliana Rabolini (born 27 April 1967) is an Argentine businesswoman and former model. She was the second lady of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and first lady of
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
from 2007 to 2015 as the wife of governor
Daniel Scioli
Daniel Osvaldo Scioli (, ; born 13 January 1957) is an Argentine politician, sportsman, and businessman. He was Vice President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and Governor of Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2015. From 2020 to 2022 he was Argen ...
. She also served as the president of the
Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires
The Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires ( es, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires), better known as Banco Provincia, is a publicly owned bank in Argentina and the second-largest in the country by value of assets and deposits.
History
The prog ...
Foundation during the latter term.
Birth and childhood
Karina Rabolini was born in ,
Santa Fe Province
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on 27 April 1967, the daughter of Isabel Elena Pettenatti and Raúl Alberto Rabolini. She has two siblings – Andrea, two years older, and Santiago, sixteen years younger. Together with her family, she moved to
Buenos Aires
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, where she gained recognition as a model.
Career and family
In 1986 she met powerboat racer and businessman
Daniel Scioli
Daniel Osvaldo Scioli (, ; born 13 January 1957) is an Argentine politician, sportsman, and businessman. He was Vice President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and Governor of Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2015. From 2020 to 2022 he was Argen ...
, whom she married in a civil ceremony on 10 December 1991, followed by a religious ceremony at San Ignacio Parish on 12 December. They separated in 1998, and she decided to move to Europe, but in 2001 they reunited. Scioli became the Vice President of Argentina on 25 May 2003, and Rabolini served as second lady until the end of his term on 10 December 2007.
When Scioli assumed the governorship of
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
in 2007, in addition to the duties of first lady,
[ Rabolini served as president of the ]Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires
The Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires ( es, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires), better known as Banco Provincia, is a publicly owned bank in Argentina and the second-largest in the country by value of assets and deposits.
History
The prog ...
Foundation.
As head of the foundation, Rabolini promoted microcredit
:''This article is specific to small loans, often provided in a pooled manner. For direct payments to individuals for specific projects, see Micropatronage. For financial services to the poor, see Microfinance. For small payments, see Micropayme ...
policies as a tool for economic and social inclusion. Microcredit as a means of access to employment became one of her main interests, an issue she presented on at the 2014 International Congress of Social Responsibility (CIRS). In partnership with the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires and international organizations, she expanded a pre-existing program by offering more opportunities to new entrepreneurs. She also oversaw several institutional programs, such as "A Look for Children", through which the foundation, together with a group of ophthalmologists, performed eye checks for Buenos Aires primary school students, and provided glasses if necessary. The "Helping to Get There" program supplied bicycles to students of rural schools to allow them to attend every day.
Although her political participation was limited to protocol
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, she was usually present at public events, as well as interviews and political television programs.
Her work at the foundation has been recognized with various awards and mentions, such as the Cilsa Social Commitment Award (2011), the ISALUD Career Award (2011), and being named honorary godmother of the Ricardo Gutiérrez Hospital Solidarity Festival (2013).
Rabolini separated from Scioli after his defeat in the 2015 presidential election, and she also left her office at the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires. The couple divorced in 2016, and she began a relationship with press officer Ignacio Castro Cranwell.
She currently markets her own brand of perfumes, beauty products, and glasses.[
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Awards
* 2011: Cilsa Social Commitment Award
* 2011: ISALUD Award
References
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1967 births
Argentine businesspeople
Argentine female models
Argentine women in business
Living people
People from General López Department