12 Facts About Luis Contigiani

Luis Gustavo Contigiani was born on 21 January 1972 and is an Argentine politician who was a National Deputy elected in Santa Fe Province.

Politically not affiliated to any party, Contigiani was elected on the Progressive, Civic and Social Front list in 2017, and for a time was the sole representative of the Socialist Party in the National Congress.

The PS barred Luis Contigiani from continuing to be the party's representative due to his opposition to the legalization of abortion in 2018.

Luis Contigiani previously served as Minister of Production of Santa Fe from 2015 to 2017, during the governorship of Miguel Lifschitz, and as Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock of Santa Fe from 2011 to 2015, during the governorship of Antonio Bonfatti.

Luis Contigiani was born on 21 January 1972 in Rosario, and grew up in the small town of Arequito.

Luis Contigiani is married to Valeria Mortarino and has three daughters.

Luis Contigiani was an advisor at the Legal and Technical Coordination cabinet of the Secretariat of Economic Development of Santa Fe, from 2001 to 2001, during the second governorship of Carlos Reutemann.

Later, upon the election of Miguel Lifschitz as governor of Santa Fe, Luis Contigiani was appointed Minister of Production in his own right.

Luis Contigiani ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2017 legislative election, as the first candidate in the Progressive, Civic and Social Front.

Controversially, Luis Contigiani was a vocal opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, which was first debated by Congress in 2018.

Luis Contigiani voted against legalizing abortion in 2020, when it was approved by both chambers of Congress and signed into law by President Alberto Fernandez.

Ahead of the 2021 primary elections, Luis Contigiani announced he would be running for re-election as part of the "Diferentes" list within the Primero Santa Fe front.