Agustín Oscar "Chivo" Rossi (born 18 October 1959) is an
Argentine
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Justicialist Party
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Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
politician. Rossi has held a number of important political posts throughout his career, most notably as
Minister of Defense
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during the presidencies of
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
(2013–2015) and
Alberto Fernández
Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer and professor, serving as president of Argentina since 2019.
Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law ...
(2019–2021). He was also a National Deputy for his native Santa Fe, and served as leader of the
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wer ...
Rossi was born in Vera, a small city in the north of Santa Fe Province, where he spent his early youth. He moved to
Rosario
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when he was 17 years old, and graduated as a
civil engineer
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at the
National University of Rosario
The National University of Rosario ( es, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, UNR) is a research public university located in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Overview
Rosario National University (UNR) was created in 1968 by ...
.
Political career
Provincial career
Rossi was a member of the Peronist University Youth in the 1970s, and joined the Justicialist Party in the 1980s. He elected to the Rosario
Deliberative Council
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in 1987, but returned to his private practice in the 1991. He returned to politics in 2001, was elected to the Deliberative Council in 2002, and presided said body from 2004 to 2005.
In the 2005 legislative elections he ran for a seat in the Lower House of Congress for the
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wer ...
, the largest faction of the Justicialist Party, formed by supporters of
President
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Néstor Kirchner
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. His campaign capitalized on, and was centered on gaining support for, the successful policies implemented by Kirchner on the national level; Rossi, who was not yet well known in the province, presented himself as "Kirchner's candidate." The Front for Victory
party list
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headed by Rossi came in second (with 33% of votes) after the
Socialist Party
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list headed by
Hermes Binner
Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.elonging to the ruling partyhas the fundamental role of being the legislative arm of the government. I cannot conceive a overnment partyblock that has doubts or criticism for the government's projects. Society tells us: 'I choose you to strengthen the course of action initiated by the President." He also courted controversy with his rhetoric, notably in August 2010 when he described lawmakers who presented a bill that sought reverse a government decision to revoke an expired license for the
Fibertel
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internet service provider
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, as "lawyers" for the
Clarín Group
Grupo Clarín S.A. is the largest media conglomerate in Argentina.
Overview
Established as such in 1999, it includes the '' Clarín'' newspaper (the most-widely circulated in Latin America), Papel Prensa (the nation's principal newsprint manufa ...
(Fibertel's parent company); there have been ongoing
controversies between Clarín and Kirchnerism
The Argentine Governments of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had several conflicts with major media groups. Kirchner accused the Clarín Group, ''La Nación'', ''Perfil'', and related media of having promoted their overthrow ...
since 2008 over a number of issues.
Rossi was a candidate in the FpV primary for the governorship of Santa Fe in the
2007 elections
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. His rival within the party was Rosario-born National Deputy and former Foreign Relations Minister
Rafael Bielsa
Rafael Antonio Bielsa Caldera (born February 15, 1953) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from Rosario, province of Santa Fe. Since 2020 he has been Argentina's ambassador to Chile.
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Bielsa spent his child ...
. The Mayor of
Rafaela
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The city was established in 1881 by Guillermo ...
, Omar Perotti, campaigned for some time as well, but finally gave up and turned to support Bielsa. In the classical caudillist fashion that has prevailed in Argentina’s last century of politics, although some in the party, including Bielsa, would have rather negotiated on a consensus candidacy, Rossi insisted on conducting a primary election. Rossi also stated that he wanted Bielsa's sister
María Eugenia
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Cast
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(then vice-governor of Santa Fe), on his party list, though he instead chose Jorge Fernández, former Minister of Education during the governorship of Víctor Reviglio. Bielsa was eventually chosen as the party's candidate in
primary election
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s on July 1, 2007, but subsequently lost the election to
Socialist
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Hermes Binner
Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...