Roberto Carlos Salvarezza was born on 30 January 1952 and is an Argentine biochemist, researcher and politician.
11 Facts About Roberto Salvarezza
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Roberto Salvarezza was Argentina's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 2019 to 2021, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernandez.
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Roberto Carlos Salvarezza was born on 30 January 1952 in Lanus Oeste, in the southern side of the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation in Buenos Aires Province.
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Roberto Salvarezza attended high school at the prestigious Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, and later finished his biochemistry licenciatura at the University of Buenos Aires in 1977.
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Roberto Salvarezza worked as director of said laboratory and of the INIFTA.
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Roberto Salvarezza resigned from the post in 2015 upon the ascension of Mauricio Macri to the presidency of Argentina, citing Macri's intended scientific policy as his main reason.
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In July 2016, Roberto Salvarezza was elected representative of the Exact and Natural Sciences area in the CONICET directory, but his designation was not approved by the government in an unprecedented move.
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Roberto Salvarezza received the backing of the Directive Council of the UBA Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, the World Federation of Scientific Workers and the CyTa group.
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In June 2017 Roberto Salvarezza was selected to go second in the Citizen's Unity Chamber of Deputies candidates party list in Buenos Aires Province in the 2017 legislative election, following Fernanda Vallejos.
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In December 2019, Roberto Salvarezza was appointed Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation by newly elected president Alberto Fernandez, succeeding Baranao.
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Roberto Salvarezza was replaced with Daniel Filmus on 20 September 2021 as part of a cabinet reshuffle, following the government's poor showings in the 2021 legislative primary elections.