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, the son of José Manuel María Frigeri and Livia Oddera. Frigeri received a bachelor's degree in public economics from the University of Buenos Aires in 1970. He became Minister of Finance of Mendoza Province in 1975 during

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's administration of the province. Frigeri later became the Minister of the Economy of

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from 1987 to July 1989, also under Cafiero, who had become

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. In July 1989, Frigeri joined the staff of the Department of the Treasury at the beginning of President

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's administration. Frigeri became the President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires (Bapro) in 1991. He later became the chairman of Grupo Bapro and served as a deputy in the

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from 1997 to 2005. Rodolfo Frigeri died on October 3, 2015, at the age of 73.

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1941 births 2015 deaths Argentine Ministers of Finance Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province Argentine economists Justicialist Party politicians University of Buenos Aires alumni Argentine people of Italian descent Politicians from Buenos Aires People from Mendoza Province {{argentina-politician-stub