Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni (born 2 April 1970) is an

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politician who has served as the

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Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...

since 1 November 2017. From 2015 to 2017, he was the province's vice governor under Mario Das Neves, whose office Arcioni took upon Das Neves's death on 31 October 2017.

Early life and education

Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni was born in

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, in

, on 2 April 1970. Arcioni finished high school at Comodoro Rivadavia's Liceo Militar General Roca. In 1995 he received his ''

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'' in law from the

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-based

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, and later completed a degree from

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to work as a scrivener.

Political career

Ahead of the 2015 general election, former governor Mario Das Neves chose Arcioni as his running mate in the race for the governorship of Chubut. The ticket, supported by the newly formed

We Are All Chubut We Are All Chubut (; ChuSoTo) is a provincial political party in the Chubut Province of Argentina. It was formed in 2014 to back the candidacy to the governorship of former governor Mario Das Neves. The party split from the provincial branch of ...

(Chusoto) party, won with 41.87% of the popular vote. Arcioni was the first candidate in the Chusoto

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list for the 2017 legislative election; the list was the most voted in the province with 33.23% of the vote and Arcioni was elected. However, a month before Arcioni could take office as National Deputy, Governor Das Neves died of complications from his colon cancer and Arcioni assumed the governorship on his stead.

Governorship

Arcioni was sworn in as governor on 1 November 2017. In the 2019 general election, Arcioni's Chusoto party formed an alliance with two other provincial parties and formed the ''Chubut al Frente'' ("Chubut Forward") alliance to back his candidacy to the governorship. His running mate was

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mayor Ricardo Sastre. On election day, the Chubut al Frente ticket won with 41.34% of the vote. During Arcioni's second term, his administration has been subject to a number of controversies. In September 2019, the provincial government's inability to pay public sector workers their full wages led to protests that were forcibly quashed by provincial police forces. Throughout 2020 there were also protests against Arcioni's policy on

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in Chubut, seemingly backtracking on his campaign promises.

References

External links

Official website of the Governorship of Chubut
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Arcioni, Mariano 1970 births Living people People from Comodoro Rivadavia Governors of Chubut Province 21st-century Argentine politicians Universidad del Salvador alumni