Gildo Insfrán
| Gildo Insfrán | |
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| Governor of Formosa Province | |
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Assumed office December 10, 1995 |
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| Lieutenant | Floro Bogado |
| Preceded by | Vicente Joga |
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January 19, 1951 Laguna Blanca (Formosa) |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Profession | Veterinarian |
Gildo Insfrán (born January 19, 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who has been governor of Formosa Province since 1995.
Having been close to former President Carlos Menem, Insfrán later became close to President Néstor Kirchner, who defeated Menem in 2003 and was the leader of the Justicialist Party. Insfrán is now an intimate of Kirchner's widow and successor, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Insfrán has been the target of accusations of corruption and self-enrichment, and has been severely criticized for his long tenure. He arranged to have Formosa's provincial constitution revised to allow him to be reelected indefinitely, and has thus been described as having “stuck a knife into the provincial Constitution”. In August 2012, journalist Jorge Lanata investigated the history of Insfrán's governorship and aired an exposé on his television program in which he depicted the province as a feudal fiefdom that is rife with corruption.
Insfrán studies at the National University of the Northeast, where he earned a degree in veterinary science.
He was elected to the Provincial Legislature in 1983, and in 1987, he became Vice Governor of Formosa under Governor Vicente Joga, serving for two terms.
Insfrán replaced Joga as Governor of Formosa in 1995, with former governor Floro Bogado serving as his vice-governor.
In order to be re-elected in 1999, Insfrán called a Constitutional Convention at which the provincial constitution, which had imposed term limits, was altered to permit re-election for an indefinite number of terms. Joga with whom he had fallen out, unsuccessfully appealed the changes before the Supreme Court of Argentina.
Insfrán was re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011.
On March 30, 2015, Carlos Rívolo, federal prosecutor in the Ciccone Case, also known as Boudougate, asked Judge Sebastian Casanello to investigate the participation of Insfrán as well as various other persons, including Vice President Amado Boudou, in a maneuver related to the restructuring of the public debt of the province of Formosa with the help of a shell company called The Old Fund.
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