Mario Barletta
| Mario Barletta | |
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| President of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union | |
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In office December 16, 2011 – December 4, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ernesto Sanz |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Corral |
| Mayor of Santa Fe, Argentina | |
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In office December 10, 2007 – December 10, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ezequiel Balbarrey |
| Succeeded by | José Corral |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 30, 1953 Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Alma mater |
National University of the Littoral Latin American Social Sciences Institute |
| Profession | Hydraulic engineer |
Mario Domingo Barletta (born December 30, 1953) is an Argentine hydraulic engineer and politician. He served as mayor of Santa Fe, Argentina from 2007 to 2011, and was elected President of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) in 2011.
Barletta was born in Santa Fe. He enrolled at the National University of the Littoral (UNL) and graduated with a degree in Hydraulic Engineering in 1978. He later took postgraduate courses in the United States (at the universities of Illinois and Columbia). He has a Master of Social Sciences from FLACSO (the Latin American Social Sciences Institute).
Barletta was a professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Hydrical Sciences, and guest professor in other universities. He worked in his field at the Centro Regional Litoral and in the water departments of the provincial governments of Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Chaco, Misiones and Río Negro.
He directed the Department of General and Applied Hydrology of the UNL, and was the first dean of his faculty. He served as Secretary of Scientific Investigation and Secretary General of UNL. On 22 February 2000 the University Assembly elected him rector, in order to complete the term of Hugo Storero (who had resigned to become a National Deputy). He presided the National Inter-University Council until October 2000, and was part of the Directorship of CONICET (the National Scientific and Technical Research Council), in representation of public and private universities.
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