Daniel Arroyo


Daniel Fernando Arroyo is an Argentine politician, political scientist and professor. He currently serves as Minister of Social Development since 10 December 2019. He also served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies representing the Province of Buenos Aires between 2017 to 2019.

Biography

Daniel Fernando Arroyo was born in the city of Castelar. He has been married to Alejandra since 1993 and they have two children, Lucía and Martín. He currently resides in Vicente López. In 1990 he received a degree in Political science from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. He completed a postgraduate degree in Control and Management of Public Policies at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in 1995. He is a graduate and postgraduate professor at various universities, including the UBA, FLACSO and the University of Morón. Arroyo also works as a visiting professor at the University of Salamanca and the University of Bologna. He has also served as a consultant for several International Organizations such as the World Bank, IDB, UNICEF, ECLAC and UNDP.

Career

Daniel Arroyo has served as Secretary of Social Policies and Human Development of Argentina and Vice Minister of Social Development during the entire presidency of Néstor Kirchner. During the leadership of Daniel Scioli he was appointed as Minister of Social Development until 2013. He was a candidate for Deputy Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, running with Felipe Solá in the 2015 elections for the United for a New Alternative and a benchmark in the Social Development area of the Renovator Front. Between 2016 to 2017 he was the Director of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires.

National Deputy

In the 2017 legislative elections, he joined the list of candidates for Chamber of Deputies for the province of Buenos Aires under the 1País party, being elected to the position and holding the same until today. He is currently the Secretary in the Finance and Social Action and Health commissions in the Chamber of Deputies; and a member of the Education and Cooperative Affairs, Mutual and Org commissions in the Chamber of Deputies.
He spoke in favor of the Law on Abortion of Pregnancy. He was one of the co-sponsors of the bill to extend until 2022 the National Food Emergency bill which was approved on 12 August 2019.

Minister of Social Development

On 7 October, he accompanied Alberto Fernández in the presentation of the plan "Argentina against hunger" that includes the creation of a Federal Council and a Federal Food Fund, among other measures. On 6 December Alberto Fernández announced that Arroyo would be the Minister of Social Development of the Nation, who took office on 10 December 2019.