15 Facts About Juan Schiaretti

Juan Schiaretti was Governor of Cordoba Province from 2015 to 2023.

Juan Schiaretti's father was a railway worker and Peronist activist descended from immigrants from Parma.

Juan Schiaretti was imprisoned after the military coup which toppled President Juan Peron in 1955.

Juan Schiaretti enrolled at the School of Economic Sciences of the National University of Cordoba, where he qualified as a public accountant at age 21.

Juan Schiaretti married a fellow political activist and had two children.

Juan Schiaretti was threatened by the Triple A and in 1975, moved with his family to Neuquen.

Juan Schiaretti worked as a salesman then found work as an administrative assistant at Fiat in Belo Horizonte.

Juan Schiaretti stayed with the company and rose to be deputy director of administration.

Juan Schiaretti returned to Argentina in 1984, and separated from his wife.

Juan Schiaretti worked in politics and was sub-secretary of Latin American Integration in the Ministry of International Relations under President Carlos Menem between 1989 and 1991, then Secretary of Industry and Commerce in the Ministry of Economy between 1991 and 1993, during the same administration.

Juan Schiaretti was appointed Federal Interventor for Santiago del Estero Province from 1993 to 1995, following the removal of the province's governor, and was then elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Cordoba Province, serving from 1995 to 1997.

Juan Schiaretti married Cordoba politician Alejandra Maria Vigo, secretary general of the Cordoba section of the housewives' union, in 1997.

In 2003, Juan Schiaretti was elected vice-governor of his province with Jose Manuel de la Sota as governor.

In 2007, upon de la Sota's retirement, Juan Schiaretti stood for the governorship for the Justicialist Party in the Union for Cordoba Coalition, with Hector 'Pichi' Campana.

Juan Schiaretti later endorsed Javier Milei in the second round in which he defeat Massa in runoff.