Omar Perotti | |
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| Governor of Santa Fe | |
| In office 11 December 2019 – 11 December 2023 | |
| Vice Governor | Alejandra Rodenas |
| Preceded by | Miguel Lifschitz |
| Succeeded by | Maximiliano Pullaro |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Santa Fe |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | Santa Fe |
| Mayor of Rafaela | |
| In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo M. Pairone |
| Succeeded by | Luis Castellano |
| In office 10 December 1991 – 10 December 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo M. Peirone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-09-16)16 September 1959 (age 66) Rafaela, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2011–2017) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Alma mater | National University of the Littoral |
Omar Ángel Perotti (born 16 September 1959) is anArgentine accountant andJusticialist Party politician. He wasGovernor of Santa Fe from 2019 to 2023,National Senator from 2015 to 2019, and from 2011 to 2015 he was aNational Deputy, always representing the same province. He was alsointendente (mayor) ofRafaela from 1991 to 1995 and again from 2003 to 2011.
Perotti was born on 16 September 1959 inRafaela, inSanta Fe Province.[1] His father, Miguel Ángel Perotti, owned a traditionaltambo (milking yard) in the outskirts of Rafaela.[2][3] Perotti studied accounting at theNational University of the Littoral and worked as an accountant inSanta Fe City.[1]
Perotti's first elected post was asintendente (mayor) of his hometown,Rafaela. He was elected in 1991, aged 31.[3] Upon finishing his term in 1995 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of GovernorJorge Obeid, a post he held until 1999, when he was elected to theProvincial Senate.[1] After a stint as anIDB advisor inWashington in 2002, Perotti returned to Rafaela to run for a second term in the mayoralty in 2003 and was elected.
He was reelected in 2007.[4] During his second term he was subject to criticism for his alignment with the national government ofCristina Fernández de Kirchner during theconflict between the government and the agrarian sector.[5] In 2011 he was elected to theArgentine Chamber of Deputies in theFront for Victory list, representing Santa Fe Province. In 2015 he ran for the governorship of the province, but landed third in the primary elections, behind theSocialist Party candidateMiguel Lifschitz and thePRO candidateMiguel del Sel.[6] That same year he was elected to theNational Senate, also representing Santa Fe, for a six-year term.[7]
As Senator, he became known nationwide for his abstention in the debate for theLegal Pregnancy Interruption bill in 2018.[8][9]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jorge Fernández | Mayor of Rafaela 1991–1995 | Succeeded by Ricardo M. Peirone |
| Preceded by Ricardo M. Peirone | Mayor of Rafaela 2003–2011 | Succeeded by Luis Castellano |
| Preceded by | Governor of Santa Fe 2019–2023 | Succeeded by |