Diego Giuliano Explained

Diego Giuliano
Office:Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Term Start:10 December 2023
Constituency:Santa Fe Province
Office2:Minister of Transport of Argentina
Term Start2:29 November 2022
Term End2:8 December 2023
Predecessor2:Alexis Guerrera
Successor2:Charge eliminated
Birth Date:14 January 1965
Birth Place:Rosario, Argentina
Party:Renewal Front
Union for the Homeland
Occupation:Lawyer and professor

Diego Giuliano (born 14 January 1965) is an Argentine politician who is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. Previously, he served as Minister of Transport designated by President Alberto Fernández between 2022 and 2024.[1]

Since 2024 he is president of the political party Renewal Front.

Biography

He was born in Rosario. He earned the degree of Lawyer at the National University of Rosario and then a specialization on Constitutional Law on the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. He worker as professor on the National University of Rosario.[2]

Initially, he started his first steps in the public sector on the Peronist provincial government of Santa Fe as an advisor until his election as member of the city council of Rosario in 2007 as member of a local party, he was re-elected in 2013 and was part of the council until 2017. During that time he started supporting the new Renewal Front of Sergio Massa.[3]

With Alexis Guerrera as Minister of Transport, he was designated as Deputy Director of the National Commission of Transport Regulation in 2020. As Minister of Transport he wanted to create a system of self-renounce to public founds for train and bus tickets in the middle of the presidential campaign of Massa in 2023, an action which was criticized as part of a government program to create fear to the voters of Javier Milei.[4]

In December 2023 he was elected National Deputy representing Santa Fe Province in the alliance Union for the Homeland.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/diputados/ Profile on the site of Argentine Chamber of Deputies
  2. News: Rosarino, abogado y aliado de Massa: quién es Diego Giuliano, el nuevo ministro de Transporte . 11 April 2024 . Perfil . 29 November 2022.
  3. News: Alexis Guerrera renunció y será reemplazado por Diego Giuliano . 11 April 2024 . La Nación . 29 November 2022.
  4. News: Argentina's government gives citizens option to renounce public transport subsidies . 11 April 2024 . Buenos Aires Herald . 17 October 2023.