Felipe Solá
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| Felipe Solá | |
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Governor of Buenos Aires
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| In office 2003 – 2007 |
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| Lieutenant(s) | Graciela Gianetassio |
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| Preceded by | Eduardo Duhalde |
| Succeeded by | incumbent |
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| Born | 23 July 1950 Buenos Aires |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Profession | Agricultural engineer |
Felipe Solá (born 23 July 1950) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party (Peronism) and the current governor of the province of Buenos Aires.
Solá is an agricultural engineer. He studied at the University of Buenos Aires. He is married and has two children. He was also a university professor, a journalist, and a counselor and researcher in economics topics.
He was the Minister of Agricultural Affairs in the Cafiero administration in Buenos Aires province (1987–1989); he then was Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing for the presidency of Carlos Menem until 1991, when he become a national deputy for Buenos Aires province. He stayed in the Chamber until 1993, when he returned to the presidential administration until 1998.
On 1999-12-10 he became the vice-governor of Buenos Aires under Eduardo Duhalde, and took up the governorship on 2002-01-03, when Duhalde resigned to become interim president of Argentina after the socioeconomic collapse of 2001.
Solá abandoned his political allegiance to Duhalde after President Néstor Kirchner did likewise, aligning with the policies and projects of the national government. He was a supporter of the Kirchnerist candidates in his province during the campaign for the 2005 legislative elections.
[edit] Reference
- (Spanish) Government of Buenos Aires Province official website. Short biography of Solá.
| Preceded by Eduardo Duhalde |
Governor of Buenos Aires Province 2002 – present |
Incumbent |
