Daniel Filmus

Daniel Filmus
Argentine Senator from Buenos Aires
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2007
Minister of Education, Science & Technology
In office 25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007
President	Néstor Kirchner
Preceded by	Graciela Giannettasio
Succeeded by	Juan Carlos Tedesco
Personal details
Born	June 3, 1955 (1955-06-03) (age 56) Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Justicialist
Profession	Sociologist
Website	www.danielfilmus.com.ar

Daniel Fernando Filmus (born June 3, 1955 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine politician and academic, currently Senator for Buenos Aires and formerly Minister of Education, Science and Technology in the government of President Néstor Kirchner.

Filmus was briefly involved in the Communist youth wing as a teenager. He studied psychology and sociology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and became involved in peronist politics. He helped to set up a permanent assembly on human rights at UBA, as a student union activist. He gained a masters in Education at the Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro.

Filmus headed the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) and became an academic in the field of education, writing several books. In 2000, he became secretary of education of the city of Buenos Aires under Aníbal Ibarra, who asked him to be his running mate in the 2003 elections.^[1] However before the election took place, President Kirchner asked Filmus to become Minister of Education. He is also Professor of Sociology at UBA. Filmus was a candidate for mayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, and came in second place after the ballotage on 24 June 2007 behind Mauricio Macri.^[2]

Later in 2007, Filmus was elected Senator for Buenos Aires and took office in December 2007.

He is the peronist candidate for the 2011 elections for mayor of Buenos Aires, with Carlos Tomada as his running mate, ^[3] taking on incumbent mayor Mauricio Macri. The runoff vote is scheduled for 31 July 2011.

References

1. ^ Daniel Filmus será el compañero de fórmula de Aníbal Ibarra
2. ^ Bloomberg.com: Latin America
3. ^ Filmus llevará la camiseta K en la Capital

External links

• Daniel Filmus y Adriana Puiggrós: ¿A dónde va la educación? Interview, Clarín, 19 February 2006
• Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

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Name	Filmus, Daniel
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Date of birth	3 June 1955
Place of birth	Buenos Aires
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