Julio Vitobello Explained

Julio Vitobello
Office:General Secretary of the Presidency
President:Alberto Fernández
Term Start:10 December 2019
Term End:10 December 2023
Predecessor:Fernando de Andreis
Successor:Karina Milei
Office1:Secretary of Public Ethics, Transparency and the Fight against Corruption
Term Start1:23 January 2009
Term End1:29 December 2015
Predecessor1:Abel Fleitas Ortiz de Rozas
Successor1:Laura Alonso
Office2:General Comptroller of the Nation
Term Start2:28 December 2007
Term End2:23 January 2009
President2:Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Predecessor2:Claudio Moroni
Successor2:Carlos Pacios
Birth Date:2 March 1957
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Party:Justicialist Party
Alma Mater:University of Buenos Aires

Julio Fernando Vitobello (born 2 March 1957) is an Argentine politician who served as General Secretary of the Presidency of the Nation from 2019 to 2023, designated by President Alberto Fernández. Previously, from 2009 to 2015, he was head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. He also served as General Comptroller of the Nation from 2007 to 2009 and as a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature.

Early life and career

Julio Fernando Vitobello was born on 2 March 1957 in Buenos Aires.[1] He studied law at the University of Buenos Aires.[2] His political career started in the Buenos Aires City chapter of the Justicialist Party.[3] During the presidency of Carlos Menem he was chief of staff at the Secretariat of the Interior.[4]

Vitobello ran for a seat in the Buenos Aires City Legislature in the 2000 local election under the Action for the Republic list, alongside, among others, Alberto Fernández.[5] [6] Vitobello had met Fernández earlier, during the 1999 presidential campaign of Eduardo Duhalde; they remained close associates ever since.[5] [7] [8]

Later career

Upon the election of Néstor Kirchner to the presidency and the appointment of Alberto Fernández as Chief of Cabinet, Vitobello resigned from the Legislature and was appointed by Fernández as his Undersecretary.[5]

In 2007 he was appointed to the General Comptrolling Bureau of the Nation (SIGEN), replacing Claudio Moroni.[7] In 2009 he was appointed Secretary of Public Ethics, Transparency and the Fight against Corruption (head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau) by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a position he kept until Fernández de Kirchner's departure from the presidency in 2015.[1] [5]

Following Alberto Fernández's presidential win at the 2019 general election, Vitobello was invited to take over the General Secretariat of the Presidency, replacing Fernando de Andreis.[3] He took office on 10 December 2019.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Un hombre de Kirchner irá a la OA. Tres Líneas. 24 January 2009. 23 November 2020. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Julio Vitobello - Biografía. Tres Líneas. 23 November 2020. Spanish.
  3. Web site: Alberto Fernández cubre más cargos: Vanoli, a la Anses, y Vitobello, a la Secretaría General. La Nación. Sued. Gabriel. 27 November 2019. 23 November 2020. Spanish.
  4. Web site: Quién es Julio Vitobello, el candidato para la Secretaría General de Presidencia. El Cronista. 4 December 2019. 23 November 2020. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Julio Vitobello: los secretos del hombre que le maneja la agenda al Presidente. Infobae. 29 December 2019. 23 November 2020. Juárez. Paola. Spanish.
  6. Web site: ¿Quién es Alberto Fernández, el candidato que CFK propone a presidente?. La Izquierda Diario. Leone. Emilia. 18 May 2019. 23 November 2020. Spanish.
  7. Web site: Julio Vitobello, en la Sigen. Página/12. 29 December 2007. 23 November 2020. Spanish.
  8. Web site: Julio Vitobello, el amigo encargado de cubrir la espalda del presidente. La Nación. 6 December 2019. 23 November 2020. Dapelo. Santiago. Spanish.