Pablo Gerardo González (born 13 June 1968) is an

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politician who served as a National Deputy and a National Senator for Santa Cruz. A member of the

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei. Fo ...

, González also served as

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of Santa Cruz under

Alicia Kirchner Alicia Margarita Kirchner Ostoić (born 18 July 1946) is an Argentine politician. She is the elder sister of the late former President Néstor Kirchner and served in his government as Minister of Social Development, a role which she held under P ...

from 2015 to 2019. Since 2021, he has been president of

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, Argentina's state-owned energy company.

Early life

González was born on 13 June 1968 in

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, Santa Cruz. He finished high school at Colegio Salesiano Nuestra Señora de Luján, in Río Gallegos, and studied law at the

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. In addition, he has a degree in hydrocarbons law from Universidad Austral.

Political career

Before being appointed to any political post, González was an aide at the Santa Cruz state-owned water and energy company, Servicios Públicos Sociedad del Estado, in 1993. The following year, he became director of Distrigas S.A. In 1996, he returned to Servicios Públicos as a legal affairs manager. In 2003, he was appointed undersecretary of tax resources of Santa Cruz Province, during the last years of

Néstor Kirchner Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Justicialist Party, he previously served as Governor of Sa ...

's governorship. He was a state attorney from 2003 to 2007, when he was designated Minister of Government of Santa Cruz by governor

Daniel Peralta Daniel Román Peralta (born 1 July 1955) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who was governor of Santa Cruz Province from 2007 to 2015. Early life and career Peralta was born in Cañada de Gómez, Santa Fe Province. His parents, Nél ...

. That same year, he was elected to the provincial

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, wherein he served as first vice president. From 2008 to 2011, he was cabinet chief of Peralta's provincial government.

National Senator

In the 2011 legislative election, González was elected to the National Senate as the first candidate in the

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(FPV) list, followed by María Ester Labado. The list received 65.83% of the vote, granting both González and Labado the two seats for the majority as per the upper house's

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system. As senator, González presided the permanent mixed commission on accounting, and served as secretary of the commission on Energy, Mining and Fuels. He also formed part of the commissions on Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Criminal Affairs, General Legislation, Budget and Finances, National Economy and Investment, Labour and Social Prevision, Rights and Guarantees, and Federal Tax Redistribution. In 2014, he was appointed as one of the Senate's representatives to the

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Vice Governor and Deputy

In 2015, he was

's running mate in her gubernatorial run in Santa Cruz. The Kirchner-González ticket won the election with 34.42% of the vote (50.97% in total, as per the ley de lemas). He assumed office on 10 December 2015; his vacancy in the Senate was filled by Virginia María García. In the 2019 legislative election, González ran for a seat in the National Chamber of Deputies as the first candidate in the

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list, followed by

Paola Vessvessian Marcela Paola Vessvessian (born 19 March 1971) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Santa Cruz. A member of Kolina, she was elected in 2019 as part of the Frente de Todos. Vessvessian previously served as ...

. The Frente de Todos list was the most voted in Santa Cruz, with 62.13% of the vote, and both González and Vessvessian were elected. He was sworn in on 4 December 2019. As a deputy, González was a supporter of the 2020 Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, which legalised abortion in Argentina.

President of YPF

In January 2021, he was appointed by President

Alberto Fernández Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer, and academic who served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. He was also the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers from 2003 to 2008. His tenure as Cabin ...

as the new president of

, Argentina's state-owned oil and energy company, in replacement of Guillermo Nielsen. His vacancy in the Chamber was filled by

Jorge Guillermo Verón Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese . It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'' ...

References

External links

Profile on the YPF website
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Pablo Gerardo Living people 1968 births People from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz 20th-century Argentine lawyers Members of the Argentine Senate for Santa Cruz Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Santa Cruz Members of the Argentine Council of Magistracy Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Santa Cruz Vice governors of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Justicialist Party politicians National University of La Plata alumni 21st-century Argentine lawyers Austral University alumni Argentine deputies 2019–2021