Diego Giuliano

Diego Giuliano
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2023
ConstituencySanta Fe Province
Minister of Transport of Argentina
In office
29 November 2022 – 8 December 2023
Preceded byAlexis Guerrera
Succeeded byCharge eliminated
Personal details
Born (1965-01-14) 14 January 1965 (age 59)
Rosario, Argentina
Political partyRenewal Front
Union for the Homeland
OccupationLawyer and professor

Diego Giuliano (born 14 January 1965) is an Argentine politician who is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. Previously, he served as Minister of Transport designated by President Alberto Fernández between 2022 and 2024.[1]

Since 2024 he is president of the political party Renewal Front.

Biography

He was born in Rosario. He earned the degree of Lawyer at the National University of Rosario and then a specialization on Constitutional Law on the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. He worker as professor on the National University of Rosario.[2]

Initially, he started his first steps in the public sector on the Peronist provincial government of Santa Fe as an advisor until his election as member of the city council of Rosario in 2007 as member of a local party, he was re-elected in 2013 and was part of the council until 2017. During that time he started supporting the new Renewal Front of Sergio Massa.[3]

With Alexis Guerrera as Minister of Transport, he was designated as Deputy Director of the National Commission of Transport Regulation in 2020. As Minister of Transport he wanted to create a system of self-renounce to public founds for train and bus tickets in the middle of the presidential campaign of Massa in 2023, an action which was criticized as part of a government program to create fear to the voters of Javier Milei.[4]

In December 2023 he was elected National Deputy representing Santa Fe Province in the alliance Union for the Homeland.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Profile on the site of Argentine Chamber of Deputies
  2. ^ "Rosarino, abogado y aliado de Massa: quién es Diego Giuliano, el nuevo ministro de Transporte". Perfil. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Alexis Guerrera renunció y será reemplazado por Diego Giuliano". La Nación. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Argentina's government gives citizens option to renounce public transport subsidies". Buenos Aires Herald. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.