Personal life
Diego César Santilli was born in the neighborhood of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Palermo, Buenos Aires on April 6, 1967. He is son of the former president of Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate and Banco de la Nación Argentina, Banco Nación, Hugo Santilli. He attended Saint Augustine School and received his degree in Accounting, accountancy at the age of 23 from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires; he also pursued marketing studies at the University of California, Berkeley. 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, Buenos Aires City, the most important being manager of the Buenos Aires City Bank and vice president of the Buenos Aires City Legislature, 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 Argentine legislative election, 2013, he was elected Argentine Senate, National Senator for the City of Buenos Aires; he was second in Republican Proposal's list, under Gabriela Michetti. 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 list in Buenos Aires Province.References
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