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Juan Luis Manzur

Juan Luis Manzur
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Governor of Tucumán
Assumed office
October 29, 2015
Lieutenant Osvaldo Jaldo
Preceded by José Alperovich
Vice Governor of Tucumán
In office
February 27, 2015 – October 29, 2015
Governor José Alperovich
Preceded by Regino Amado
Succeeded by Osvaldo Jaldo
Ministry of Health of Argentina
In office
July 1, 2009 – February 26, 2015
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by Graciela Ocaña
Succeeded by Daniel Gollán
Vice Governor of Tucumán
In office
December 10, 2007 – July 1, 2009
Governor José Alperovich
Preceded by Fernando Juri
Succeeded by Sergio Mansilla
Minister of Health of Tucumán
In office
December 10, 2003 – December 10, 2007
Governor José Alperovich
Succeeded by Pablo Yedlin
Personal details
Born (1969-01-08) January 8, 1969 (age 48)
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Political party Front for Victory
Alma mater National University of Tucumán
University of Buenos Aires

Juan Luis Manzur (born January 8, 1969) is an Argentine surgeon and politician. He served as Minister of Health and Environment of Argentina from 2009 to 2015, and is currently Vice Governor of Tucumán Province.

Manzur was born in San Miguel de Tucumán to a Maronite Catholic father from Lebanon and an Argentine mother. He received a medical degree from the University of Tucumán and completed his residency at the public Álvarez Hospital, in Buenos Aires. Manzur later received a master's degree in Health Systems and Services Administration from the University of Buenos Aires.

Following a stint as Vice Minister of Health for the Province of San Luis, in 2002 he was named Public Health Secretary of the District of La Matanza, a western, mainly blue-collar suburb of the Argentine capital. Recommended by the National Health Minister, Ginés González García, Manzur was appointed Health Minister of Tucumán Province by the new Governor, José Alperovich, in 2003. Manzur soon earned plaudits in his post, which oversaw public health in one of Argentina's least-developed provinces. One widely used yardstick of public health, the infant mortality rate, fell from 23 per 1,000 births (40% above the national average) in 2003, to 13 in 2006 (matching the national average). The perinatal mortality rate (a late fetal death, or of an infant under one week old) likewise fell during the same period in Tucumán from 24 to 18 per 1,000 births. These news helped Manzur secure Governor Alperovich's nod to be a running mate for his successful, 2007 bid for re-election.


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