| Claudio Orlando Vidal | |
| Office: | Governor of Santa Cruz |
| Term Start: | 10 December 2023 |
| Vicegovernor: | Fabián Leguizamón |
| Predecessor: | Alicia Kirchner |
| Office1: | National Deputy |
| Term Start1: | 10 December 2021 |
| Term End1: | 10 December 2023 |
| Constituency1: | Santa Cruz |
| Birth Place: | 4 June 1980 |
| Party: | SER Santa Cruz (since 2019) |
| Occupation: | General Secretary of the Private Oil and Gas Union of Santa Cruz |
Claudio Orlando Vidal (born 4 June 1980) is an Argentine trade unionist and politician currently serving as Governor of Santa Cruz Province. From 2021 to 2023, he was a National Deputy elected to represent Santa Cruz. He belongs to the local Somos Energía para Renovar Santa Cruz (SER Santa Cruz) party.
Vidal was born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, but grew up in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, where he moved in his adolescence in search of job opportunities. He worked in the oil industry.[1] [2]
He first ran for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the 2021 legislative election, as the first candidate in the "Somos Energía para Renovar Santa Cruz" (English: "We are energy to renew Santa Cruz"). He was elected with 46,633 votes, his list placing second behind Juntos por el Cambio with 28.25% of the vote.
| Office | List | Votes | Result | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||
| 2023 | Governor of Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz Puede | 54,831 | 28.38% | 1st | |||
| Office | List | District | Votes | Result | . | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||||
| 2021 | National Deputy | Somos Energía para Renovar Santa Cruz | 1 | Santa Cruz Province | 46,633 | 28.25% | 2nd | [3] | ||