Florencio Randazzo | |
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| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Minister of the Interior and Transport | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015 | |
| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Rogelio Frigerio(Interior) Guillermo Dietrich(Transport) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-03-01)1 March 1964 (age 61) Chivilcoy, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2003–2017) Justicialist Front(2017–2019) Vamos con Vos(2021–present) |
| Spouse | Andrea Veronica Pantanali |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Profession | Accountant |
Aníbal Florencio Randazzo (born 1 March 1964) in an ArgentineJusticialist Party politician. He wasMinister of the Interior and Transport during the presidency ofCristina Fernández de Kirchner, from 2007 to 2015. An ally of Kirchner's during most of his political career, Randazzo fell out with her and ran against her for a seat in theSenate in2017.
Since 2021, he has been aNational Deputy elected inBuenos Aires Province as part of theVamos con Vos alliance.
Aníbal Florencio Randazzo was born inChivilcoy,Buenos Aires Province, in 1964, to Gladys Campagnon and Juan "Togo" Randazzo, whose father emigrated fromSicily to Argentina. The elder Randazzo was an activePeronist organizer in Chivilcoy and first involved his son, Florencio, in political activity in 1981, during an economic crisis precipitated by Argentina'sdictatorship at the time. Enrolling at theUniversity of Buenos Aires in 1983, he graduated with a degree in accountancy in 1989.
Randazzo was brought on in 1991 as the executive assistant forFernando Galmarini, the Minister of Government to the new Governor of Buenos Aires,Eduardo Duhalde. He also accepted apro bono position in the Provincial Organ Transplant Fund, a post he retained until 2003. Named the Minister of Government's Chief of Staff in 1992, he was elected Chivilcoy City Council President in 1993, a position he acceptedad honorem while retaining a post as Director of the Governor's Rural Development office. Elected to the Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature in 1995, he served in numerous social and economic policy committees and, from 1999, as majority leader before his 2002 appointment as Secretary of Government Modernization by the new Governor,Felipe Solá. Governor Solá named Randazzo Cabinet Chief in 2003, effectively making him his top adviser.[1]
Opposed by many of theGreater Buenos Aires-area Mayors primarily because Solá broke with tradition by naming a Cabinet Chief from outside the metro area (home to two out of three residents in the Province of Buenos Aires), Randazzo largely limited himself to his role as the Governor's political adviser. The Legislature's rejection of Gustavo Lopetegui as President of theBank of the Province of Buenos Aires (the nation's second-largest) in December 2005 led Randazzo to recommend the relatively youngMartín Lousteau to the powerful post, a decision that reaped Solá benefits when Lousteau successfully negotiated a US$65 million debt the institution owedSpain'sBanco Santander.[2]
Following outgoing PresidentNéstor Kirchner's decision to transfer the Interior Ministry's traditional aegis overlaw enforcement to the Justice Ministry (leaving Interior focused on political affairs), newly elected PresidentCristina Kirchner, on Governor Solá's recommendation, appointed Randazzo Interior Minister upon taking office on 10 December 2007.
Randazzo orderedSociety of St. Pius X BishopRichard Williamson to leave the country within ten days on February 19, 2009, following recent comments the bishop made toSwedish television, espousingHolocaust denial.[3]
In early 2015 he has announced his intention to run for the2015 general elections as a precandidate for the presidency of the nation as part of the incumbentFrente para la Victoria party. DeputyElisa Carrió denounced that he may be in aconflict of interest, as he leads the ministry that organizes the elections, and should either decline his candidacy or resign to his office.[4] In June 2015 he was offered to stand for the position of governor ofBuenos Aires Province, a position held by then byDaniel Scioli (who was chosen over Randazzo by the party to be the presidential candidate) and which Randazzo turned down in an open letter.[5][6]
In June 2017 Randazzo announced his intention to run for Senator from theprovince of Buenos Aires.
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