Juan Schiaretti | |
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60th Governor of Córdoba | |
In office December 10, 2015 – Incumbent |
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Preceded by | José Manuel de la Sota |
58th Governor of Córdoba | |
In office December 10, 2007 – December 9, 2011 |
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Lieutenant | Héctor Campana |
Preceded by | José Manuel de la Sota |
Succeeded by | José Manuel de la Sota |
Vice Governor of Córdoba | |
In office December 10, 2003 – December 10, 2007 |
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Governor | José Manuel de la Sota |
Preceded by | Germán Kammerath |
Succeeded by | Héctor Campana |
Federal Interventor for Santiago del Estero Province |
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In office December 18, 1993 – July 6, 1995 |
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Preceded by | Fernando Lobo (governor) |
Succeeded by | Carlos Juárez (governor) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Córdoba |
June 19, 1949
Political party | Justicialist Party |
Other political affiliations |
United for a New Alternative |
Spouse(s) | Alejandra Vigo |
Profession | Accountant |
Juan Schiaretti (born June 19, 1949) known as El Gringo, is an Argentine accountant and Justicialist Party politician. He served as governor of the Province of Córdoba between 2007 and 2011.
Schiaretti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, to Julia Álamo and Dante Schiaretti. His father was a railway worker and Peronist activist descended from immigrants from Parma. He was imprisoned after the military coup which toppled President Juan Perón in 1955. His mother is, a housewife. Schiaretti studied at the Escuela Pública Nacional N°95, in the Talleres Oeste neighbourhood, then at the Liceo Militar General Paz, which he entered at eleven and left with the gold medal for best academic achievement of his group (1961 to 1965). He enrolled at the School of Economic Sciences of the National University of Córdoba, where he qualified as a public accountant at age 21. He married a fellow political activist and had two children.
Schiaretti was threatened by the Triple A and in 1975, moved with his family to Neuquén. The military coup of 1976 forced him into exile in Brazil. He worked as a salesman then found work as an administrative assistant at Fiat in Belo Horizonte. He stayed with the company and rose to be deputy director of administration.
Schiaretti returned to Argentina in 1984, and separated from his wife. He worked in politics and was sub-secretary of Latin American Integration in the Ministry of International Relations under President Carlos Menem between 1989 and 1991, then Secretary of Industry and Commerce in the Ministry of Economy between 1991 and 1993, during the same administration. He was appointed Federal Interventor for Santiago del Estero Province from 1993 to 1995, following the removal of the province's governor, and was then was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Córdoba Province, serving from 1995 to 1997. Schiaretti married Córdoba politician Alejandra María Vigo, secretary general of the Córdoba section of the housewives' union, in 1997. He was provincial minister of production in Córdoba from 1999 to 2001, then returned as Deputy for the province from 2001 to 2002 before becoming provincial Minister of Production and Finances 2002–03.