Jorge Capitanich

Jorge Milton Capitanich (Born November 28, 1964) is an Argentine accountant and politician. Since December 10, 2019, he has been the governor of the province of Chaco, a position he had previously held in the periods 2007-2011 and 2011-2015.

He was mayor of the City of Resistencia between 2015 and 2019, national senator for the period 2001-2007 and head of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Argentine Nation between January and May 2002 and from November 20, 2013 until February 27, 2015, the period in which he was on leave from his position as governor. Since 2007 he is also president of Club Atlético Sarmiento.

Early life and education
Capitanich (originally Kapitanić) descends from the first Montenegrins who settled in Chaco and created Colonia La Montenegrina, the biggest Montenegrin colony in South America. He was born in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, the son of Daniel Capitanich and Mirca Popovich, who owned a small farm. The family hails from Banjani.

He attended the National University of the Northeast, graduating with a degree in accountancy in 1988. He earned a post-graduate degree in public administration from the University of Belgrano in 1991, and taught in his discipline. In 1999 he obtained a master's degree in Economics and Political Science at the School of Economics and Business Administration.
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