José María Vernet
| José María Vernet | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office December 23, 2001 – January 2, 2002 |
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| President | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá |
| Preceded by | Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Ruckauf |
| Governor of Santa Fe | |
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In office December 11, 1983 – December 11, 1987 |
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| Lieutenant | Carlos Martínez |
| Preceded by | Héctor Salvi |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Reviglio |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 24, 1944 Rosario |
| Nationality | Argentinian |
| Political party | Justicialist |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba |
| Occupation | Accountant |
José María Vernet (born February 24, 1944) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He served as Governor of the province of Santa Fe from December 11, 1983 to December 11, 1987.
Vernet was born in Rosario. He enrolled at the National University of Córdoba, and earned a degree in Accountancy.
He would obtain the Justicialist Party's nomination for Governor of Santa Fe as a compromise candidate chosen by feuding Peronist factions ahead of elections in 1983. Elected in October, his margin of victory was the closest of the 22 gubernatorial races that year, defeating UCR candidate Aníbal Reinaldo by around 15,000 votes, or 1%. The computerized tallying system failed during a recount of the close election, and Peronist officials themselves later acknowledged the possibility that Reinaldo would have prevailed by 12,000 votes.
Governor Vernet's tenure was highlighted by his efforts to decentralize the provincial bureaucratic and judicial systems, establishing a network of municipal courts throughout the province. He did likewise with a variety of public services, transferring numerous local utilities and public housing communities from the provincial aegis to cooperatives based in each town.
He established a number of new offices, however, including the Ministry of Production, Commerce and Industry and Commerce; the Plan Lote and Proyecto Sol poverty relief programs; and EMPA, an adult education and job training service. He commemorated the bicentennial of early provincial leader Estanislao López in 1986 be establishing the Cuerpo de Dragones de la Independencia, an honor guard of the Provincial Police.
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