Pablo Gerardo González | |
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| President of YPF | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Nielsen |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 19 January 2021 | |
| Constituency | Santa Cruz |
| Vice Governor of Santa Cruz | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Governor | Alicia Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Fernando Cotillo |
| Succeeded by | Eugenio Quiroga |
| Councillor of Magistracy | |
| In office 18 November 2014 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Senate |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Constituency | Santa Cruz |
| Provincial Deputy of Santa Cruz | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 30 June 2008 | |
| Constituency | Río Gallegos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-06-13)13 June 1968 (age 57) Río Gallegos, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2003–2017) Unidad Ciudadana(2017–2019) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
Pablo Gerardo González (born 13 June 1968) is anArgentine politician who served as aNational Deputy and aNational Senator forSanta Cruz. A member of theJusticialist Party, González also served asVice Governor of Santa Cruz underAlicia Kirchner from 2015 to 2019. Since 2021, he has been president ofYPF, Argentina's state-owned energy company.
González was born on 13 June 1968 inRío Gallegos,Santa Cruz. He finished high school at Colegio Salesiano Nuestra Señora de Luján, in Río Gallegos, and studied law at theNational University of La Plata. In addition, he has a degree in hydrocarbons law fromUniversidad Austral.[1]
Before being appointed to any political post, González was an aide at the Santa Cruz state-owned water and energy company, Servicios Públicos Sociedad del Estado, in 1993. The following year, he became director of Distrigas S.A. In 1996, he returned to Servicios Públicos as a legal affairs manager. In 2003, he was appointed undersecretary of tax resources of Santa Cruz Province, during the last years ofNéstor Kirchner's governorship.[1]
He was a state attorney from 2003 to 2007, when he was designated Minister of Government of Santa Cruz by governorDaniel Peralta. That same year, he was elected to the provincialChamber of Deputies, wherein he served as first vice president. From 2008 to 2011, he was cabinet chief of Peralta's provincial government.[1][2][3]
In the2011 legislative election, González was elected to theNational Senate as the first candidate in theFront for Victory (FPV) list, followed byMaría Ester Labado. The list received 65.83% of the vote, granting both González and Labado the two seats for the majority as per the upper house'slimited voting system. As senator, González presided the permanent mixed commission on accounting, and served as secretary of the commission on Energy, Mining and Fuels. He also formed part of the commissions on Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Criminal Affairs, General Legislation, Budget and Finances, National Economy and Investment, Labour and Social Prevision, Rights and Guarantees, and Federal Tax Redistribution.[1]
In 2014, he was appointed as one of the Senate's representatives to theCouncil of Magistracy of the Nation.[4]
In 2015, he wasAlicia Kirchner's running mate in her gubernatorial run in Santa Cruz.[2] The Kirchner-González ticket won the election with 34.42% of the vote (50.97% in total, as per theley de lemas). He assumed office on 10 December 2015; his vacancy in the Senate was filled byVirginia María García.[5]
In the2019 legislative election, González ran for a seat in theNational Chamber of Deputies as the first candidate in theFrente de Todos list, followed byPaola Vessvessian. The Frente de Todos list was the most voted in Santa Cruz, with 62.13% of the vote, and both González and Vessvessian were elected. He was sworn in on 4 December 2019.[6] As a deputy, González was a supporter of the 2020Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, whichlegalised abortion in Argentina.[7]
In January 2021, he was appointed by PresidentAlberto Fernández as the new president ofYPF, Argentina's state-owned oil and energy company, in replacement ofGuillermo Nielsen. His vacancy in the Chamber was filled byJorge Guillermo Verón.[8]