Diego Luis Bossio (born September 9, 1979) is an Argentine economist and politician. He was executive director of

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, the national

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agency, from 2009 to 2015. Bossio also served as National Deputy for

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, from 2015 to 2019.

Early life and career

Bossio was born in

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. He enrolled at the

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, and earned a degree in

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in 2002. He married the former Valeria Loria, and they have one daughter. He joined the ''Fundación Contemporánea'', a

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, and was brought on by economist Aldo Abraham as a member of his Exante

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. He later served as policy adviser to Mendoza

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. Bossio entered public service as the Secretary of Public Management, a key policy advisory position, to Jaque upon the latter's election as governor in 2007.

Political career

He was appointed director of the Mendoza office of the

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, and on January 5, 2009, was named as the government's representative in the

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at the bank, a private-public partnership. Following a cabinet shakeup in July, Bossio succeeded the executive director of

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; Boudou was appointed Economy Minister. Bossio's wife had worked as an adviser to Senator

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before the latter's election as

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, and was subsequently appointed Adjunct Director of SIGEN, the federal

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's agency. Bossio's appointment as director of ANSES, which controls nearly a third of the national budget, prompted her resignation, however. Bossio's tenure at ANSES coincided with a number of significant new initiatives at the social insurance bureau. He oversaw implementation of the Universal Childhood Entitlement, a program fostering

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and higher school enrollment among the 30% of children living in poverty; as well as ''Conectar Igualdad'', which purchased 3 million

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s for secondary school students and teachers; and an initiative announced in April 2011 to include ANSES members in the

of all 42 companies on the

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in which it holds a significant stake. Directors from the 15 companies affected (27 already had an ANSES board member) varied in their reaction to the initiative, from

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(which accepted the move), to Siderar (which entered into litigation with ANSES).

Electoral history

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bossio, Diego 1979 births Living people People from Tandil Argentine people of Italian descent University of Buenos Aires alumni Argentine economists Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province