Julio de Vido
Julio de Vido | |
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| Minister of Federal Planning, Services and Public Investment of Argentina | |
| In office May 25, 2003 – December 10, 2015 | |
| President | Néstor Kirchner Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Roberto Dromi (1989-91) |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Adolfo Cabrera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1949 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse | Alessandra Minnicelli |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Julio Miguel de Vido (born December 26, 1949) is an
Biography
De Vido was born in the
The 1991 election of
Helping coordinate Kirchner's presidential campaign in the 2003 general election, de Vido was named to his later post as Minister of Planning when Kirchner became President of Argentina on May 25, 2003; the post was reinstated to cabinet-level status following a 12-year hiatus. Overseeing the nation's public works, de Vido has presided over a dramatic increase in public investment, though he has reaped criticism for his apparent reliance on patronage and for doting a disproportionate share of these record investments into Santa Cruz Province, home to 0.6% of the Argentine population.[2][3] His wife, Alessandra Minnicelli, served as Director of SIGEN (the chief auditing office of the Argentine government) from 2003 to 2007, and the couple has been the focus of a number of investigations regarding their increasing net worth.[4] Authorizing mostly gradual public sector rate increases during most of his tenure.[5]
Minister de Vido was instrumental in shaping President
De Vido was appointed on April 16, 2012, to head the Federal intervention of YPF, the leading fossil fuel producer and distributor in Argentina. The company, which had been privatized in 1993 and acquired by Repsol of Spain in 1999, was partly renationalized amid ongoing production declines.[8]
On October 25, 2017, the
References
- ^ a b Minister de Vido's cv Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ El ojo digital (in Spanish)
- ^ Clarín (in Spanish)
- ^ "Quién es la mujer de Julio De Vido". Perfil.
- ^ Clarín (in Spanish)
- ^ Clarín (in Spanish)
- ^ La Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ "Cristina presentó un proyecto para la "expropiación" de las acciones de YPF". Info News. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ Gendarmería ingresó a la casa de Julio De Vido para llevarlo detenido, pero no estaba allí, Perfil, Octubre 25, 2017 (in Spanish)
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