1. Anibal Florencio Randazzo was born on 1 March 1964 and in an Argentine Justicialist Party politician.
11 Facts About Florencio Randazzo
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Florencio Randazzo was Minister of the Interior and Transport during the presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, from 2007 to 2015.
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An ally of Kirchner's during most of his political career, Randazzo fell out with her and ran against her for a seat in the Senate in 2017.
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Anibal Florencio Randazzo was born in Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires Province, in 1964, to Gladys Campagnon and Juan "Togo" Randazzo, whose father emigrated from Sicily to Argentina.
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The elder Randazzo was an active Peronist organizer in Chivilcoy and first involved his son, Florencio, in political activity in 1981, during an economic crisis precipitated by Argentina's dictatorship at the time.
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Florencio Randazzo was brought on in 1991 as the executive assistant for Fernando Galmarini, the Minister of Government to the new Governor of Buenos Aires, Eduardo Duhalde.
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Florencio Randazzo accepted a pro bono position in the Provincial Organ Transplant Fund, a post he retained until 2003.
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The Legislature's rejection of Gustavo Lopetegui as President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires in December 2005 led Florencio Randazzo to recommend the relatively young Martin Lousteau to the powerful post, a decision that reaped Sola benefits when Lousteau successfully negotiated a US$65 million debt the institution owed Spain's Banco Santander.
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Florencio Randazzo ordered Society of St Pius X Bishop Richard Williamson to leave the country within ten days on February 19,2009, following recent comments the bishop made to Swedish television, espousing Holocaust denial.
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In June 2015 he was offered to stand for the position of governor of Buenos Aires Province, a position held by then by Daniel Scioli and which Florencio Randazzo turned down in an open letter.
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In June 2017 Florencio Randazzo announced his intention to run for Senator from the province of Buenos Aires.