12 Facts About Atilio Benedetti

Atilio Francisco Salvador Benedetti was born on 1 January 1955 and is an Argentine bromatologist, businessman and politician.

Atilio Benedetti was born on 1 January 1955 in Larroque, a small city in Southern Entre Rios.

Atilio Benedetti studied bromatology at the National University of Entre Rios, graduating in 1978.

Atilio Benedetti is married to Maria Cristina Chaves, and has three children.

Atilio Benedetti has served in a number of posts within the Radical Civic Union, most notably as member of the Provincial Committee of Entre Rios and as president of the Entre Rios Provincial Congress from 2006 to 2008.

Atilio Benedetti was one of the 11 so-called "agro-deputies" elected in 2009.

Atilio Benedetti ran for a second term in the 2017 legislative election, this time heading the Cambiemos list.

In 2010, as a national deputy, Atilio Benedetti voted against the Equal Marriage Law, which legalised same-sex marriage in Argentina.

Atilio Benedetti was a supporter of the legalisation of abortion in Argentina, voting in favour of the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.

Ahead of the 2021 primary election, Atilio Benedetti was confirmed as one of the candidates in the "Juntos" list in Entre Rios.

Atilio Benedetti was the fifth candidate in the JxC list that competed in the general election, and he was not re-elected.

Atilio Benedetti ran for the governorship of Entre Rios in the 2019 provincial election; he was Cambiemos's candidate, with deputy Gustavo Hein as his running mate.