Agustín Rossi
| Agustín Rossi | |
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| Minister of Defense | |
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In office June 3, 2013 – December 10, 2015 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Arturo Puricelli |
| Succeeded by | Julio Martínez |
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National Deputy for Santa Fe Province |
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In office December 10, 2005 – June 3, 2013 |
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October 18, 1959 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | María Raquel Pezzelato |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | National University of Rosario |
| Profession | Civil engineer |
Agustín Oscar Rossi (born October 18, 1959), also known by his nickname El Chivo Rossi, is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from Santa Fe Province. He was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 2005, and served as leader of the majority Front for Victory caucus in said house. Rossi was appointed Minister of Defense in June 2013.
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 when he was 17 years old, and graduated as a civil engineer at the National University of Rosario.
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 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 largest faction of the Justicialist Party, formed by supporters of President Néstor Kirchner. 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 headed by Rossi came in second (with 33% of votes) after the Socialist Party list headed by Hermes Binner (43%).
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