Sergio Raúl Ziliotto (born 24 September 1962) is an

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politician who is currently

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, since 10 December 2019. Previously, from 2015 to 2019, he was a National Deputy for La Pampa.

Early life and education

Sergio Raúl Ziliotto was born on 24 September 1962 in General Pico,

. His father, son of immigrants, was a policeman, and also worked as a trucker. He moved to the provincial capital, Santa Rosa, to enroll at the

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(UNLPam). It was there that he began his political activism in the local chapter of the

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Political career

Ziliotto was appointed director of transport by then-governor

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in 1991. Under the governorship of

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, he was appointed Undersecretary of Social Policy in 2003 and then Minister of Social Welfare in 2006. As minister, Ziliotto designed the "Plan Piquén", which reformed the existing social assistance scheme in the province and introduced a debit card-based welfare scheme. He was elected to the

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, where he formed part of the

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bloc. As a national deputy, Ziliotto gained national recognition in 2018 when, following Verna's instructions, he successfully lobbied two of his fellow Justicialist deputies from La Pampa ( Melina Delú and Ariel Rauschenberger) to change their mind and vote in favor of the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy bill at the last minute.

Governor of La Pampa

Ahead of the 2019 general election, incumbent governor Carlos Verna announced he would not be seeking the re-election due to his ongoing battle with cancer. Instead, Verna nominated Ziliotto to run in the Justicialist Front list. He won the election with 51% of the vote. As governor, he caused controversy when he stated in a press conference during which he was announcing the province's

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containment measures that "Argentina has ar too many

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s", when asked about the protests against lockdown measures in

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Personal life

Ziliotto is an avid football fan; in his youth he played for the Club Atlético Costa Brava, a local club in General Pico.

References

External links

Official website of the Governorship of La Pampa
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