10 Facts About Sergio Casas

Sergio Casas was born on 13 January 1971 and is an Argentine politician who was Governor of La Rioja Province from 2015 to 2019.

Sergio Casas previously served as Vice Governor and as a member of the La Rioja provincial legislature.

Sergio Casas served as vice-governor from 2011 to 2015, under Luis Beder Herrera.

Sergio Casas won the primary elections in the local Justicialist Party to run as governor, defeating the ministers Javier Tineo and Nestor Bosetti; Bosetti would run as his candidate for vicegovernor.

Sergio Casas acknowledges both the former governor Beder Herrera and the former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as political leaders.

Sergio Casas attended the presidential inauguration of Mauricio Macri on December 10,2015, in spite of the instructions from the Front for Victory to avoid doing so.

Sergio Casas then returned to La Rioja, to take office as governor.

Sergio Casas had a personal meeting with Macri shortly after they took office, and they talked about the problems of the province.

Sergio Casas announced that he would promote the production of tomatoes.

Sergio Casas made an amendment to the constitution of La Rioja, to be able to run for a new term in 2019.