Sergio Bergman
| Sergio Bergman | |
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| Minister of Environment | |
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Assumed office December 2015 |
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| National Deputy | |
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Assumed office December 2013 |
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January 23, 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Republican Proposal |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Sergio Bergman is an Argentine rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer, and social activist.
Bergman serves as rabbi of the synagogue of the Congregación Israelita Argentina. He is CEO of Judaica Foundation and president of Argentina Ciudadana Foundation, as well as executive director of Action Network and Community Initiatives for Social Enterprise. As of 2015, he is Argentina's Environment Minister, in Mauricio Macri's cabinet.
Bergman graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires. He received his rabbinical ordination in 1992, graduating from Marshall Meyer Latin American Rabbinical Seminary of Buenos Aires and the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He is an advisor and consultant to many communities and Israeli societies and a founding member of Cabildo Abierto Ciudadano.
In 1994 he returned to Argentina and through the Judaica Foundation created the community school Fern. Arlene was one of the founders and a member of Activa. Memory From 2001 took over as rabbi of Temple Freedom.
Bergman made various postgraduate courses in foreign universities: Master of Education, graduated Summa Cum Laude, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Master of Rabbinic Literature at the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem; and MA in Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Bergman is a liberal rabbi, committed follower of the human rights tradition of Marshall Meyer.
Rabbi Sergio Bergman is founder of Argentina Ciudadana (Argentina Citizen), an organization that promotes:
He held a criticism of the administration of former President Nestor Kirchner and former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner position. It is a strong critic of both the government and Kirchner Argentine Jewish institutions.
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