Santiago Cafiero

Santiago Andrés Cafiero (born 30 August 1979) is an Argentine political scientist and politician, currently serving as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers under Alberto Fernández's administration, since 2019.

Santiago Cafiero
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
Assumed office
10 December 2019
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byMarcos Peña
Personal details
Born (1979-08-30) 30 August 1979
San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Frente de Todos (2019–present)
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
Torcuato di Tella University

Early life and education

Santiago Andrés Cafiero was born on 30 August 1979[1] in San Isidro, in Buenos Aires Province, son of Juan Pablo Cafiero, who was Minister of Social Development during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa in 2001, and María Luisa Bianchi. Cafiero's grandfather Antonio Cafiero held many important political posts, including the governorship of Buenos Aires, and also briefly served as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers under Eduardo Camaño.[2][3]

He began his political activism in the Peronist Youth in San Isidro. Cafiero studied political science at the University of Buenos Aires and then went on to receive a Master's Degree on public policy from Torcuato di Tella University.[1][4]

Political career

Cafiero was elected president of the local Justicialist Party in his native San Isidro in 2008, and was the party's mayoral candidate in 2011 and 2015.[5] From 2009 to 2017, he was a councillor in San Isidro's municipal council.[4]

During the governorship of Daniel Scioli in Buenos Aires, Cafiero worked as a consultant in the Undersecretariat of Municipal Affairs (2007–2008), and then went on to serve as the Province's Director of Industry from 2008 to 2010, Undersecretary of Industry, Commerce and Mining from 2010 to 2011, Vice-minister of Social Development and Undersecretary of Social Policies from 2011 to 2014, and Undersecretary of Modernization from 2014 to 2015.[6]

Cafiero was Florencio Randazzo's campaign chief in Randazzo's 2017 senatorial run.[4]

Ahead of the 2019 general election, Alberto Fernández, the Justicialist Party's presidential candidate, appointed Cafiero as his campaign chief and formed the Grupo Callao think tank alongside him.[7][8]

On 29 October 2019, Fernández won the presidential election in the first round with 48.2% of the vote. On 6 December 2019, in the official announcement of his incoming cabinet's composition, President-elect Fernández named Cafiero as his Cabinet Chief, a post he assumed on 10 December 2019.[9]

Personal life

Cafiero is married and has three sons.[10] He co-founded the Punto de Encuentro ("Meeting Point") publishing house in 2015.[4]

References
  1. Sued, Gabriel (6 December 2019). "Santiago Cafiero es el jefe de Gabinete de Ministros: el joven que se convirtió en la mano derecha de Alberto Fernández". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. "Santiago Cafiero, de cuna política y peronista: quién es la mano derecha de Alberto Fernández". El Cronista (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. Serra, Laura (31 December 2002). "Camaño, presidente sólo por un día". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. Ibáñez, Pablo (6 December 2019). "Quién es Santiago Cafiero, mano derecha de Alberto Fernández y peronista de sangre azul". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. Pepe, Gabriela (16 September 2019). "Cafiero, el heredero de la renovación". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. Bandi, Ariel (16 September 2019). "Quién es Santiago Cafiero, el hombre de máxima confianza de Alberto". Entre Líneas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. "El jefe de campaña de Alberto Fernández dijo que "el gobierno demonizó a la oposición y eso ha tenido un costo para todos los argentinos"". Infobae (in Spanish). 15 August 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. "El "albertismo": el mapa de quién es quién en el Grupo Callao, el nuevo "Grupo Calafate"". A24.com (in Spanish). 15 August 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. "Santiago Cafiero es el jefe de Gabinete y mano derecha de Alberto Fernández". La Nación (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  10. Calderano, Romina (7 December 2019). "Cómo piensa Santiago Cafiero, el futuro jefe de Gabinete". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Marcos Peña		 Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
2019–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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