Daniel Arroyo

Daniel Fernando Arroyo (born 6 October 1966) is an Argentine political scientist, professor and politician, currently serving as the country's Ministry of Social Development since 10 December 2019, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.

Daniel Arroyo
Minister of Social Development
Assumed office
10 December 2019
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byCarolina Stanley
National Deputy
In office
10 December 2017 – 10 December 2019
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Minister of Social Development of Buenos Aires Province
In office
10 December 2007 – 3 August 2009
GovernorDaniel Scioli
Preceded byJorge Rubén Varela
Succeeded byBaldomero Álvarez de Olivera
Secretary of Social Policy and Human Development
In office
8 October 2004 – 10 December 2007
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byMaría Cecilia Velázquez
Personal details
Born (1966-10-06) 6 October 1966
Castelar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Renewal Front (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations		United for a New Alternative (2015–2017)
Frente de Todos (2019–present)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences

A member of the Justicialist Party affiliated with the Renewal Front, Arroyo served as a National Deputy representing Buenos Aires Province from 2017 to 2019, and before that as Minister of Social Development of Buenos Aires Province in the cabinet of Governor Daniel Scioli. In addition, he has taught at a number of Argentine universities, including the Torcuato di Tella University, the National University of Cuyo, and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences.

Early life and education

Daniel Fernando Arroyo was born on 6 October 1966 in Castelar, Buenos Aires Province.[1] He studied political science at the University of Buenos Aires, where he received his licenciatura in 1990; he then went on to receive a post-graduate degree on control and administration of public policy from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in 1995.[1][2]

He has taught graduate and post-graduate level courses at FLACSO, at the Torcuato di Tella University, at the National University of Cuyo and at the National University of Moreno, and was a visiting faculty at the University of Bologna in Italy and the University of Salamanca in Spain.[2][3][4]

Political career

In 2004 he was appointed as Secretary of Social Policy and Human Development and Deputy Minister of Social Development by President Néstor Kirchner, serving under the administration of Alicia Kirchner until 2007.[5] From then he went on to serve as Minister of Social Development in the Buenos Aires Province provincial cabinet of Governor Daniel Scioli, who reportedly sought him for his technical expertise in the field.[6] As provincial minister he sought to implement the "Plan Más Vida", wherein the government distributed welfare cards to be used in food and other essential goods.[7] He left the position in 2009, and was replaced by Avellaneda mayor Baldomero Álvarez de Olivera.[8][9]

From 2009 to 2017 he held a number of directive posts in the Banco Provincia, including the directorship from 2016 to 2017.[10] He was also president of the corruption watchdog NGO Poder Ciudadano until 2013, when he stepped down to run for a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in the Renewal Front list.[5] In 2015 he ran for the position of Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province in the Renewal Front ticket, alongside Felipe Solá.[11]

In 2017 he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies once again, this time in the 1País list (of which the Renewal Front was part) and was elected; he was sworn in as National Deputy on 10 December 2017.[12]

Minister of Social Development

On 6 December 2019, President-elect Alberto Fernández announced his intention of appointing Arroyo as Minister of Social Development of Argentina, succeeding Carolina Stanley; Arroyo had positioned himself as a staunch opponent of Stanley and the previous administration's welfare and social policies.[13] He assumed office alongside the rest of Fernández's cabinet on 10 December 2019.

Personal life

Arroyo is married to Alejandra Folco and has two children, Lucía and Martín.[6][14][15] On 25 September 2020 he confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first minister of the national cabinet to get infected.[16]

References
  1. "¿Quién es Daniel Arroyo, el nuevo ministro de Desarrollo Social?". Ámbito Financiero (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "Arroyo, Daniel". utdt.edu (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. "Arroyo, Daniel". flacso.org.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. "Daniel Arroyo". Revista UNO (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. "Quién es Daniel Arroyo, el primer nombre filtrado para el gabinete de Alberto Fernández". TN (in Spanish). 15 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. Veneranda, Marcelo (6 December 2019). "Daniel Arroyo, un político en envase técnico, que asume con la urgencia de frenar el hambre". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. "Arroyo explicó el porqué de la tarjeta Alimentos". La Nueva (in Spanish). 6 June 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  8. "Cacho Álvarez ya es oficial". La Política Online (in Spanish). 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. "Arrancaron las movidas en el gabinete provincial" (in Spanish). 22 July 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  10. ""El modelo que eligió el gobierno deja afuera veinte millones de personas"". Río Negro (in Spanish). 6 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  11. Braslavsky, Guido (25 June 2015). "Felipe Solá aceptó ser el candidato para la Provincia". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  12. "Daniel Arroyo se pone al frente del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social". El Litoral (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  13. "Para Daniel Arroyo, la política social "tuvo un retroceso en la gestión de Stanley"". La Capital (in Spanish). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  14. "Daniel Arroyo". lanoticia1.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  15. Arroyo, Daniel [@LicDanielArroyo] (16 March 2019). "A mi hija Lucía le entregaron el Diploma como Psicóloga de la #UBA Es una gran alegría!!!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  16. "Daniel Arroyo dio positivo de Covid-19: es el primer ministro nacional que contrae el virus". El Cronista (in Spanish). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
New post		 Secretary of Social Policy and Human Development
2004–2007		 Succeeded by
María Cecilia Velázquez
Preceded by
Jorge Rubén Varela		 Minister of Social Development of Buenos Aires Province
2007–2009		 Succeeded by
Baldomero Álvarez de Olivera
Preceded by
Dante Sica		 Minister of Social Development
2019–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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