Raúl Jalil

Raúl Alejandro Jalil (born 25 August 1963) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently governor of Catamarca Province, since 10 December 2019. Previously, from 2011 to 2019, he was intendente (mayor) of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, the capital city of Catamarca Province.

Raúl Jalil
Governor of Catamarca
Assumed office
10 December 2019
Vice GovernorRubén Dusso
Preceded byLucía Corpacci
Mayor of Catamarca
In office
9 December 2011 – 6 December 2019
Preceded byRicardo Guzmán
Succeeded byGustavo Saadi
Provincial Legislator of Catamarca
In office
10 December 2005 – 10 December 2009
Personal details
Born (1963-08-25) 25 August 1963
Catamarca, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (until 2019)
Frente de Todos (since 2019)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrano

Early life and education

Raúl Alejandro Jalil was born on 25 August 1963, son of José Guido Jalil, a physician and politician of Lebanese origin who was mayor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca from 1987 to 1991.[1][2] He studied economics and administration at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires.[3]

Political career

In 2005 Jalil was elected to the provincial legislature of Catamarca on the Justicialist Party list.[4] He ran for the mayoralty of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca in 2011 in the Front for Victory ticket, succeeding Ricardo Guzmán; he won the election and took office on 9 December 2011.[5] During his tenure as mayor he sponsored a number of initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for the city's inhabitants, such as the renovation of the historical district of the city, the urbanization of the southern access, and the creation of a local police force (Guardia Urbana Municipal).[6][7][8]

Jalil was re-elected in 2015 with 41.3% of the vote.[9]

Governor of Catamarca

Ahead of the 2019 general election, Jalil was nominated as the Frente de Todos candidate for the governorship of Catamarca, succeeding Lucía Corpacci (who was, herself, running for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies). He won the election with 60.45% of the vote and over 133 thousand votes.[10][11]

Personal life

Jalil is a Roman Catholic. He is married to Silvana Micaela Ginocchio, who is a National Deputy representing Catamarca since 2017; Jalil and Ginocchio have two children.[12] Jalil has expressed his opposition to the legalization of abortion in Argentina, but has said he supports keeping the discussion on the matter open.[13]

References
  1. "Gobernación". Gobierno de Catamarca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Murió el médico Guido Jalil". El Ancasti (in Spanish). 31 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. Alonso, Luis Pablo (25 August 2019). "Jalil: "Cristina y Néstor tenían una visión del norte del país muy distante a la que tiene el actual gobierno nacional"". Municipios de Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "Catamarca. El objetivo de Raúl Jalil: ser gobernador en 2019". Poder Local (in Spanish). 3 April 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "Fiesta peronista en la asunción de Jalil". El Ancasti (in Spanish). 9 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. "La historia de la ciudad volvió a latir en la reinauguración de la Plaza". El Ancasti (in Spanish). 12 July 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. "La obra del Acceso Sur, en su etapa final". El Esquiú (in Spanish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. "Ordenanza de la Guardia Urbana Municipal" (PDF). Concejo Deliberante de San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (in Spanish). 31 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  9. "Contundente triunfo en Capital del reelecto intendente Raúl Jalil". El Ancasti (in Spanish). 26 October 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. "Raúl Jalil es el nuevo gobernador electo de Catamarca". Ámbito (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. "El Frente de Todos se quedó con la gobernación de Catamarca". El Cronista (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  12. "Ginocchio «Arma Gabinete de Transición» antes de suceder a Raúl Jalil en la intendencia". Diario Calchaquí (in Spanish). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  13. "Jalil se expresó en contra del aborto, pero a favor del debate en el Congreso". El Ancasti (in Spanish). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Lucía Corpacci		 Governor of Catamarca
2019–present		 Incumbent
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