Pedro Guastavino
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Pedro Guillermo Angel Guastavino (b. 1 July 1954, Gualeguaychú) is an Argentine
Justicialist Party
politician. He sits in the Argentine Senate
representing Entre Ríos Province
in the block of the majority Front for Victory
.
Guastavino qualified as a lawyer at the National University of La Plata. In 1987 he joined the national government as Director of Promotion at the Ministry of Social Action, then becoming subsecretary of social action in the same ministry. From 1991 he worked as Director of the Institute of Financial Assistance at the Social Action Ministry.
In 1995, he became President of the Gualeguaychú Justicialist Party and in 1999 he was elected a provincial deputy for Gualeguaychú. Guastavino was elected vice governor of Entre Ríos in 2003 as the running mate of Jorge Busti
. At the end of his term of office, he was elected senator for the province and took office in December 2007.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
politician. He sits in the Argentine Senate
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...
representing Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
in the block of the majority Front for Victory
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
.
Guastavino qualified as a lawyer at the National University of La Plata. In 1987 he joined the national government as Director of Promotion at the Ministry of Social Action, then becoming subsecretary of social action in the same ministry. From 1991 he worked as Director of the Institute of Financial Assistance at the Social Action Ministry.
In 1995, he became President of the Gualeguaychú Justicialist Party and in 1999 he was elected a provincial deputy for Gualeguaychú. Guastavino was elected vice governor of Entre Ríos in 2003 as the running mate of Jorge Busti
Jorge Busti
Jorge Pedro Busti is an Argentine politician, formerly Justicialist Party governor and senator for Entre Ríos Province.Busti was born in Concordia, Entre Ríos and graduated as a lawyer at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba....
. At the end of his term of office, he was elected senator for the province and took office in December 2007.