Rogelio Frigerio facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rogelio Frigerio
Governor of Entre Ríos
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2023
Vice Governor	Alicia Aluani
Preceded by	Gustavo Bordet
National Deputy
In office 16 December 2021 – 10 December 2023
Constituency	Entre Ríos
Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing
In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
President	Mauricio Macri
Preceded by	Florencio Randazzo
Succeeded by	Eduardo de Pedro (Interior) Gabriel Katopodis (Public Works) María Eugenia Bielsa (Habitat)
Personal details
Born	(1970-01-07) 7 January 1970 (age 55) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Republican Proposal
Other political affiliations	Cambiemos (2015–present)
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
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Rogelio Frigerio (born on January 7, 1970) is an Argentine economist and politician. An economist studies how money and resources are used. A politician helps run the government.

Since 2023, he has been the Governor of Entre Ríos Province. A governor is like the leader of a state or province. Before that, he was a National Deputy from 2021 to 2023. A national deputy is a member of the country's parliament.

He also served as the Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019. This role involved managing internal affairs, building projects, and housing for the country.

Rogelio Frigerio is the grandson of Rogelio Julio Frigerio. His grandfather was a very important political figure in Argentina. He helped start the Integration and Development Movement (MID) political party. Rogelio Frigerio is also part of this party.

Early Life and Education

Rogelio Frigerio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 7, 1970. His father, Octavio Frigerio, was an agricultural engineer and politician. His mother, Sisi Adam, was an expert in body language.

His grandfather, Rogelio Julio Frigerio, was a famous journalist and politician. He was a key person in Argentina's political history. He supported a way of thinking called developmentalism. This idea focuses on growing a country's economy and industries. Rogelio Frigerio also believes in developmentalism.

Rogelio Frigerio went to Goethe Schule for high school. He then studied Business Administration at the University of Buenos Aires. He focused on planning and economic development. He finished his degree in 1994.

When he was only 15 years old, in 1985, Frigerio started to get involved in politics. He joined the MID party, following in his family's footsteps.

Political Career

Frigerio's work in government began in 1998. He was 28 years old at the time. He became the Secretary of Economic Programming for a year. This role helped him learn about managing the country's economy.

From 1997 to 1999, he was the president of a fund that helped provinces develop. He also worked as a director at the University of Salvador. He founded a company called Economy & Regions, which he led until 2011.

In 2011, he was elected as a lawmaker for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. He was part of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party. He led the committee that handled the city's budget and taxes. In 2013, he became the President of the Bank of the City of Buenos Aires.

When Mauricio Macri became President of Argentina in 2015, he chose Rogelio Frigerio for a very important job. He became the Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing.

Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing

As Minister, Rogelio Frigerio helped launch a big plan to improve Argentina's buildings and services. This plan included over 5,800 projects.

Improving Public Services

• More than 800,000 people got access to clean drinking water.
• Over 1.5 million people were connected to the sewer system.
• The country's ability to treat dirty water doubled. They finished 20 water treatment plants and started 20 more.
• They completed 140 projects to prevent floods. These projects protected over 1.4 million people and large areas of farmland.
• They improved 100 neighborhoods that needed help.
• Investment in improving living areas increased by 600%.
• More than 130,000 home loans were given out.
• They completed 303 projects to improve electrical networks across the country.

One major project was the Matanza Riachuelo System. This project helps over 4.5 million people in the Buenos Aires area. It involved a large investment to clean up a river basin.

Making Government More Open

The Ministry also worked to make things more transparent. This means making sure people can see how the government works.

• For the first time, documents for public building projects were put online. This helped more companies take part and lowered costs.
• A new system called SiGeBe was created for giving out social housing. This system made sure housing was given fairly. It helped different government levels and groups choose who needed housing the most.

Helping Provinces

The Ministry also worked to give more power and money back to the provinces.

• They made agreements to share money better with the provinces.
• Frigerio helped 22 provinces get back 15% of money that the national government had kept since 1992.
• Money sent directly to the provinces increased a lot. This helped the provinces' financial situation. In 2015, only 8 provinces had extra money. Three years later, 18 provinces had extra money.

Strengthening Democracy

The Ministry also focused on making elections fairer and strengthening government rules.

• They helped pass important laws like the Law on Access to Public Information. This law lets people ask for government information.
• Other laws helped with how political parties get money and made presidential debates mandatory.
• They also worked on laws to make sure more women were on election lists.

Personal Life

Rogelio Frigerio is married to Victoria Costoya, who is a lawyer. They have two children named Máximo and Delfina.

See also

In Spanish: Rogelio Frigerio (nieto) para niños