Daniel Pérsico | |
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| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2005 – 10 December 2017 | |
| Constituency | San Luis |
| Mayor ofSan Luis | |
| In office 13 December 2003 – 9 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Ponce |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso Vergés |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1961-10-31)October 31, 1961 (age 64) |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Profession | Civil engineer |
Daniel Raúl Pérsico (born 31 October 1961,San Luis, Argentina) is anArgentineJusticialist Party politician. He sat in theArgentine Senate representingSan Luis Province in the majority block of theFront for Victory from 2005 to 2017.
Pérsico qualified as a civil engineer in 1988 from theNational University of Córdoba and began working for the provincial government in 1989. In 1996 he joined the municipality of San Luis as Director of Basic Municipal Services, then as Subsecretary of Public Works and Services. From September 2000 until November 2003 he served as Secretary of Public Works and Services.
On 9 November 2003, Pérsico was elected as Mayor of San Luis in an election which took place in the streets rather than official polling places, organised by the outgoing city government ofCarlos Ponce.[1] The election had been opposed by GovernorAlberto Rodríguez Saá who held his 'official' election on 23 November, won byMaría Angélica Torrontegui but boycotted by the opposition.[2] There followed a longSupreme Court battle with Governor Rodríguez Saá over the election. While Pérsico supports the officialKirchnerist strand ofPeronism, Rodríguez Saá and in particular his brotherAdolfo Rodríguez Saá are leading opponents of the Kirchners (and the late Ponce) and San Luis is their stronghold. Eventually the court ruled in favour of Pérsico in February 2005.[3]
In 2005 Pérsico was elected as a national Senator. He had prepared to stand for the governorship in 2007 but stood down as a candidate ahead of the election.
