Rodolfo Terragno | |
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.jpg) Rodolfo Terragno | |
| Argentine Ambassador to UNESCO | |
| In office 3 February 2016 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Ángel Estrella |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Solanas |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2001 – 10 December 2007 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 6 October 2000 | |
| President | Fernando de la Rúa |
| Preceded by | Jorge Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Chrystian Colombo |
| President of the National Committee of theRadical Civic Union | |
| In office 1995–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Raúl Alfonsín |
| Succeeded by | Fernando De la Rúa |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 1993 – 10 December 1999 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Minister of Public Works and Services | |
| In office 16 September 1987 – 26 May 1989 | |
| President | Raúl Alfonsín |
| Preceded by | Pedro Trucco |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Pedro Echarte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-11-16)16 November 1943 (age 81) Buenos Aires,Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Rodolfo Terragno (born 16 November 1943) is an Argentine politician and lawyer, formerSenator and journalist. From 2016 to 2019, he was Argentina's ambassador toUNESCO.[1][2]
Terragno was born inBuenos Aires,Argentina, in 1943 and obtained a law degree from theUniversity of Buenos Aires in 1967, founding the law firm of Terragno & Associates. He married Sonia Pascual Sánchez, with whom he had two children. He became a prestigious journalist, appointed editor-in-chief for thenewsmagazineConfirmado between 1967 and 1968, was a columnist forLa Opinión newspaper, and an editor inCuestionario magazine. Terragno became adjunct professor of law at his alma mater in 1973. Intimidation by thedictatorship installed in 1976 led to his exile inCaracas, where he became editor-in-chief ofEl Diario de Caracas. In 1980, he was appointed researcher for theInstitute of Latin American Studies inLondon and for theLondon School of Economics, posts he held until 1982. He remained in London as editor-in-chief ofLetters, until 1987.[3]
Affiliated to the centristRadical Civic Union since 1961, he was appointedMinister of Public Works by PresidentRaúl Alfonsín in 1987, whereby he initiated a modest program of privatizations. Terragno received theOrdre National du Mérite fromFrench PresidentFrançois Mitterrand, in 1987. ElectedCongressman in 1993, he campaigned against theOlivos Pact negotiated between UCR leaderRaúl Alfonsín and PresidentCarlos Menem, who sought the deal in a bid toamend the Argentine Constitution to allow himself reelection. He sought the UCR's vice-presidential nomination in a ticket withFederico Storani, but was defeated by Alfonsín's choice:Río Negro Province GovernorHoracio Massaccesi. Loyal to the struggling UCR, he agreed to be Massaccesi's Chief of Staff-designate in March, a move that did not stave off defeat in theMay 1995 elections.[3]
Out of Congress, he sought and won election as President of the UCR, helping negotiate a successful alliance with the center-leftFrepaso. TheAlliance's victory in the1997 midterm elections paved the way for their victory in 1999. Terragno resigned from Congress to accept the influential post ofChief of the Cabinet of Ministers forPresidentFernando de la Rúa, though fallout over a bribery scandal involving the President led to his resignation in October 2000. He was elected Senator forBuenos Aires in 2001 and served until 2007, by which time he sat on a splinter UCR ticket.[3] Terragno began efforts to join Vice PresidentJulio Cobos (a popular UCR figure distanced from the President,Cristina Kirchner) in an alliance withARI leaderElisa Carrió in January 2009, though no agreement was reached.[4]
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