Miguel Ángel Pichetto

argentine politician

Miguel Ángel Pichetto (Born, October 24, 1950) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is one of the leaders of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition with former president Mauricio Macri and other leaders.

Miguel Ángel Pichetto
National Senator
In office
10 December 2001 – 10 December 2019
Councillor of Magistracy
In office
10 December 1993 – 10 December 1997
Appointed byChamber of Deputies
ConstituencyRío Negro
National Deputy
In office
10 December 1993 – 10 December 1997
ConstituencyRío Negro
Provincial Deputy of Río Negro
In office
10 December 1987 – 10 December 1993
ConstituencySan Antonio
Mayor of Sierra Grande
In office
10 December 1985 – 10 December 1987
Preceded byBeluz González
Succeeded byHugo Lastra
Personal details
Born (1950-10-24) 24 October 1950 (age 74)
Banfield, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Political partyJusticialist Party (1983–2019)
UNIR Party (2020–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations
FREJUPO (1989–1995)
Front for Victory (2003–2015)
Juntos por el Cambio (2019–present)
Spouse(s)María Teresa Minassian
Alma materNational University of La Plata
ProfessionLawyer

On June 11, 2019, he was confirmed as Mauricio Macri's running mate to compete in the 2019 Argentine presidential election.

Pichetto was born in Banfield, Buenos Aires.

Education

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He studied law at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the National University of La Plata. He received his law degree in 1976 at here.

Career

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After the start of the National Reorganization Process, he settled in Sierra Grande, Río Negro province. At here he practiced in the private sphere and founded his own law firm, specializing in labor litigation.

In 1983 he obtained his first public office as a councilman in Sierra Grande. After two years, he replaced Beluz González as mayor until 1987. Between 1988 and 1993 he was a provincial legislator for Río Negro. For that province he was a congressman of the Justicialista Party from 1983 to 1991, when he was elected to preside over it until 1995.

References

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  1. "Pichetto busca instalar su partido para 2021". Página/12 (in Spanish). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

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