The National University of Litoral ( es, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, UNL) is a public university in Argentina. It is based in Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe Province. It has colleges and other academic facilities in Esperanza, Reconquista and Gálvez, also in Santa Fe Province.

History

The original institution was established as the ''Universidad Provincial de Santa Fe'' (Provincial University of Santa Fe) in 1889. The

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brought modernization and democratization to higher education in Argentina. The National University of Litoral was created the following year by a national law signed on October 17, becoming the first regional university in the country, with influence over the Argentine Littoral (Santa Fe and the

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provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes).

Notable alumni

* Jorge Goldenberg - San Martín, Buenos Aires. Screenwriter. * Juan José Saer - Serodino. Novelist. *

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. Writer, humorist, critic. *

Alberto Cassano Alberto Cassano (23 January 1935 – 12 July 2014) was an Argentine engineer and academic. He was a professor at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral during most of his career. He founded the program CONICET. He founded the Instituto de Des ...

- Carmen de Patagones. Engineer, professor. Founded the scientific program CONICET. *

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- Buenos Aires. Judge of

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. * Ricardo Lorenzetti - Rafaela. Judge. President of Supreme Court of Argentina. * Horacio Rossatti - Santa Fe, Argentina. Lawyer. Former Mayor of the City of Santa Fé. Currently, President of the Supreme Court of Argentina. *

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- Santa Fe, Argentina. Diplomat. OPAQ director 2002–2010. * Jorge Faurie - Santa Fe, Argentina. Diplomat. Former chancellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship.

Governors

* Floro Bogado -

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. Governor Formosa Province 1983-1987 * Luis Beder Herrera -

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. Governor La Rioja Province (Argentina) 2007-2015 * Deolindo Bittel - Villa Ángela. Governor Chaco Province 1963-1966 and 1973-1976 * Ángel Rozas - General Pinedo. Governor Chaco Province 1995-2003 * José Antonio Romero Feris - Corrientes. Governor Corrientes Province 1983-1987 * Enrique Mosca - Santa Fe. Governor Santa Fe Province 1920-1924 * Waldino Suárez - Santa Fe. Governor Santa Fe Province 1946-1949 * Aldo Tessio - Esperanza, Santa Fe. Governor Santa Fe Province 1963-1966 * Jorge Obeid - Diamante, Entre Ríos. Governor Santa Fe Province 1995-1999 y 2003-2007 *

Carlos Raúl Contín Carlos Raúl Contín (November 4, 1915 – August 8, 1991) was an Argentine politician and leader of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR). Life and times Born in Nogoyá, Contín enrolled in the National University of the Littoral and became ...

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. Governor Entre Ríos Province 1963-1966 * Sergio Montiel - Concepción del Uruguay. Governor Entre Ríos Province 1983-1987 y 1999-2003 * Oscar Castillo - San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. Governor

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1999-2003 * Francisco Pérez (governor) - San Salvador de Jujuy. Governor Mendoza Province 2011-2015 *

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- San Salvador de Jujuy. Governor Jujuy Province 1966-1966 *

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- Puerto San Julián. Governor Chubut Province 1991-1999 *

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- Río Gallegos. Governor

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1983-1987 *

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- San Salvador, Entre Ríos. Governor Tierra del Fuego Province 2015-2019

Notable faculty

* Ángela Romera Vera - Legal scholar and Sociology chair. First Argentine woman diplomat. *Prof. Raquel Chan. Biochemist, lead researcher in the team that developed the drought tolerant wheat and soybean seeds HB4®.

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