Omar Perotti
Omar Ángel Perotti (born 16 September 1959) is an Argentine accountant and Justicialist Party politician who has been Governor of Santa Fe since 2019. From 2015 to 2019 he was a National Senator, and from 2011 to 2015 he was a National Deputy, always representing the same province. He was also intendente (mayor) of Rafaela from 1991 to 1995 and again from 2003 to 2011.
Omar Perotti | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Santa Fe | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2019 | |
| Vice Governor | Alejandra Rodenas |
| Preceded by | Miguel Lifschitz |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Santa Fe |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | Santa Fe |
| Mayor of Rafaela | |
| In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo M. Pairone |
| Succeeded by | Luis Castellano |
| In office 10 December 1991 – 10 December 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo M. Peirone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1959 Rafaela, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2011–2017) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of the Littoral |
Early life and education
Perotti was born on 16 September 1959 in Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province.[1] His father, Miguel Ángel Perotti, owned a traditional tambo (milking yard) in the outskirts of Rafaela.[2][3] Perotti studied accounting at the National University of the Littoral and worked as an accountant in Santa Fe City.[1]
Political career
Perotti's first elected post was as intendente (mayor) of his hometown, Rafaela. He was elected in 1991, aged 31.[3] Upon finishing his term in 1995 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Governor Jorge Obeid, a post he held until 1999, when he was elected to the Provincial Senate.[1] After a stint as an IDB advisor in Washington in 2002, Perotti returned to Rafaela to run for a second term in the mayoralty in 2003 and was elected.
He was reelected in 2007.[4] During his second term he was subject to criticism for his alignment with the national government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the conflict between the government and the agrarian sector.[5] In 2011 he was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the Front for Victory list, representing Santa Fe Province. In 2015 he ran for the governorship of the province, but landed third in the primary elections, behind the Socialist Party candidate Miguel Lifschitz and the PRO candidate Miguel del Sel.[6] That same year he was elected to the National Senate, also representing Santa Fe, for a six-year term.[7]
As Senator, he became known nationwide for his abstention in the debate for the Legal Pregnancy Interruption bill in 2018.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c "Omar Perotti asume la gobernación de Santa Fe". Grupo La Provincia (in Spanish). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Falleció el padre del gobernador Omar Perotti". El Litoral (in Spanish). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Quién es Omar Perotti, el peronista que desbancó al socialismo en Santa Fe". La Voz (in Spanish). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Omar Perotti". Fundación KONEX (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "La destrucción política de Omar Perotti". La Política Online (in Spanish). 1 June 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Perotti admitió que perdió en las elecciones de Santa Fe". La Voz (in Spanish). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "En Santa Fe ganaron Omar Perotti y Marcos Cleri". Página/12 (in Spanish). 26 October 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Omar Perotti se abstendrá y quiere que se trate su proyecto alternativo". Clarín (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Perotti explicó su postura en relación al aborto". El Litoral (in Spanish). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
External links
- Omar Perotti on Twitter