Miguel Lifschitz

Roberto Miguel Lifschitz (born 13 September 1955), is an Argentine politician and civil engineer of the Socialist Party who was Governor of Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, he was intendente (mayor) of Rosario, the largest city in the province and the third largest in Argentina.

Miguel Lifschitz
Governor of Santa Fe
In office
10 December 2015  10 December 2019
Preceded byAntonio Bonfatti
Provincial Senator of Santa Fe
In office
10 December 2011  10 December 2015
Succeeded byMiguel Ángel Cappiello
ConstituencyRosario Department
Mayor of Rosario
In office
10 December 2003  10 December 2011
Preceded byHermes Binner
Succeeded byMónica Fein
Personal details
Born (1955-09-13) 13 September 1955
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Political partySocialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Progressive, Civic and Social Front (2006–present)

Career

He earned his degree at the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Rosario in 1979, and worked in the private sector until 1989, when he became Director-General of the Public Housing Service (Director General del Servicio Público de la Vivienda) of the city of Rosario, under the socialist administration of Héctor Cavallero.[1]

He continued working in various public offices, as Municipal Secretary-General (Secretario General de la Municipalidad), Public Services' Secretary (Secretario de Servicios Públicos) and General Cabinet Coordinator for the Municipality of Rosario (Coordinador General de Gabinete de la Municipalidad de Rosario), between June and December 2003, under the administration of Hermes Binner.

Lifschitz ran for Mayor of Rosario and was elected in the provincial elections of 7 September 2003 for the period 2003–2007. In 2006 he began acknowledging he could run for reelection.[2] In March 2007, a survey showed that Lifschitz would win by a wide margin over any of the other major prospective candidates (52.9% of the total votes). [3]

Lifschitz competed in the primaries of the Progressive, Civic and Social Front, on 1 July 2007, against Carlos Comi (of ARI); he obtained around 90% of the vote. In the main election of 2 September 2007, he won his reelection for the period 2007–2011 by a landslide (57–31%) over his closest competitor, former Socialist mayor Héctor Cavallero (who ran for the Peronist-led Front for Victory).[4]

In the elections of 14 June 2015 was elected as the new governor of the Province of Santa Fe, a position he assumed on December 10.

References

Preceded by
Antonio Bonfatti
Governor of Santa Fe
2015-2019
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Hermes Binner
Mayor of Rosario
2003-2011
Succeeded by
Mónica Fein
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