Mariano Arcioni

Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni (born 2 April 1970) is an Argentine politician who is currently governor of Chubut Province, since 1 November 2017. Previously, from 2015 to 2017, he was the province's vice governor under Mario Das Neves, whose office Arcioni took upon Das Neves's death on 31 October 2017.

Mariano Arcioni
Governor of Chubut
Assumed office
1 November 2017
Vice GovernorRicardo Sastre
Preceded byMario Das Neves
Vice Governor of Chubut
In office
10 December 2015 – 1 November 2017
GovernorMario Das Neves
Preceded byGustavo Mac Karthy
Succeeded byRicardo Sastre
Personal details
Born (1970-02-04) 4 February 1970
Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, Argentina
Political partyWe Are All Chubut (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations		Renewal Front (2015–present)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrano
Universidad del Salvador

Early life and education

Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni was born in Comodoro Rivadavia, in Chubut Province, on 2 April 1970. Arcioni finished high school at Comodoro Rivadavia's Liceo Militar General Roca. In 1995 he received his licenciatura in law from the Buenos Aires-based University of Belgrano, and later completed a degree from Universidad del Salvador to work as a scrivener.[1]

Political career

Ahead of the 2015 general election, former governor Mario Das Neves chose Arcioni as his running mate in the race for the governorship of Chubut. The ticket, supported by the newly formed We Are All Chubut (Chusoto) party, won with 41.87% of the popular vote.[2]

Arcioni was the first candidate in the Chusoto Chamber of Deputies list for the 2017 legislative election; the list was the most voted in the province with 33.23% of the vote and Arcioni was elected.[3] However, a month before Arcioni could take office as National Deputy, Governor Das Neves died of complications from his colon cancer and Arcioni assumed the governorship on his stead.[4]

Governorship

Arcioni was sworn in as governor on 1 November 2017. In the 2019 general election, Arcioni's Chusoto party formed an alliance with two other provincial parties and formed the Chubut al Frente ("Chubut Forward") alliance to back his candidacy to the governorship.[5] Arcioni's running mate was Puerto Madryn mayor Ricardo Sastre.[6] On election day, the Chubut al Frente ticket won with 41.34% of the vote.[7]

During Arcioni's second term, his administration has been subject to a number of controversies. In September 2019, the provincial government's inability to pay public sector workers their full wages led to protests that were forcibly quashed by provincial police forces.[8] Throughout 2020 there were also protests against Arcioni's policy on surface mining in Chubut, seemingly backtracking on his campaign promises.[9][10]

References
  1. "Reseña curricular". Gobierno del Chubut (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. "#ChubutElige: Das Neves ganó la gobernación por 1.442 votos". Diario Jornada (in Spanish). 26 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. "El triunfo de Chubut para Todos se basó en su victoria en nueve departamentos". El Patagónico (in Spanish). 27 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. "Arcioni asumió formalmente ayer como gobernador de Chubut". Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  5. "Elecciones 2019: se presentaron tres alianzas provinciales y una municipal". Diario Jornada (in Spanish). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. "La fórmula Arcioni-Sastre lanza "Chubut al Frente" en Puerto Madryn". El Diario Web (in Spanish). 8 February 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. "De su alianza con Massa a las promesas (sin sustento) de campaña: quién es Mariano Arcioni". El Canciller (in Spanish). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. Santander, Alejo (23 September 2019). "Crónicas de las protestas en Chubut: las historias de los docentes, médicos y estudiantes que siguen en las calles". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  9. "Protesta antiminera en Chubut, que avala plan nacional". Ámbito (in Spanish). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  10. "Arcioni alentó ante 15 empresarios la zonificación minera". El Inversor Energético (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Gustavo Mac Karthy		 Vice Governor of Chubut
2015–2017		 Succeeded by
Ricardo Sastre
Preceded by
Mario Das Neves		 Governor of Chubut
2017–present		 Incumbent
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