Jorge Zorreguieta
| Jorge Zorreguieta | |
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| Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries | |
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In office March 1979 – March 1981 |
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| President | Jorge Rafael Videla (Military dictatorship) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini 18 January 1928 Larroque, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Spouse(s) | Marta López Gil María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart |
| Relations | Juan Antonio Zorreguieta Bonorino (father) Cesina Stefanini Borella (mother) |
| Children | María Zorreguieta López Ángeles Zorreguieta López Dolores Zorreguieta López Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Martín Zorreguieta Cerruti Juan Zorreguieta Cerruti Inés Zorreguieta Cerruti |
Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini (born 18 January 1928) is a former Argentine politician who served as Minister of Agriculture in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla. Zorreguieta is the father of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
Jorge Zorreguieta was born in 1928 in Buenos Aires, the son of Cesina María Stefanini Borella and Juan Antonio Zorreguieta Bonorino. He is of Spanish-Basque and Italian ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Amadeo Zorreguieta Hernández, was mayor of the city of Mendoza. He became secretary of La Sociedad Rural Argentina, a conservative interest group of landowners and ranchers. He was also president of the association Juan de Garay, a cultural institution of the Basque community.
After the 1976 Argentine coup d'état of General Videla, Zorreguieta became Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. From March 1979 until March 1981 he was Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock.
The INTA, a research institute associated with Zorreguieta's Ministry was put under control of the Argentine Navy after the Videla-Coup. Employees from this institute disappeared during Zorreguieta's tenure.
In 1981 Zorreguieta stepped down as minister. He became president of the Centro Argentino Azucarero (CAA), an advisory body for sugar producers in Argentina. In April 1982 Argentina went to war with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands. Argentina was defeated, and the military government, now headed by Leopoldo Galtieri, collapsed. People who had been ministers under the military government were prosecuted for violations of human rights; Zorreguieta, who had left political office before the end, was not affected.
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