12 Facts About Mario Barletta

Mario Domingo Barletta was born on 30 December 1953 and is an Argentine hydraulic engineer and politician.

Mario Barletta served as mayor of Santa Fe, Argentina from 2007 to 2011, and was elected President of the Radical Civic Union in 2011.

Mario Barletta enrolled at the National University of the Littoral and graduated with a degree in Hydraulic Engineering in 1978.

Mario Barletta later took postgraduate courses in the United States.

Mario Barletta has a Master of Social Sciences from FLACSO.

Mario Barletta worked in his field at the Centro Regional Litoral and in the water departments of the provincial governments of Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Chaco, Misiones and Rio Negro.

Mario Barletta directed the Department of General and Applied Hydrology of the UNL, and was the first dean of his faculty.

Mario Barletta served as Secretary of Scientific Investigation and Secretary General of UNL.

Mario Barletta presided the National Inter-University Council until October 2000, and was part of the Directorship of CONICET, in representation of public and private universities.

Mario Barletta was reelected as rector of the UNL in November 2005, and served from March 2006 until December 2007, when he left to become mayor of Santa Fe.

Mario Barletta ran for the office of Mayor of Santa Fe City on the election of 2 September 2007, representing the Progressive, Civic and Social Front.

Days after completing his term as Mayor of Santa Fe, Mario Barletta was elected President of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union in December 2011 as a consensus candidate.