Mariano Arcioni

Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni (born 2 April 1970) is an Argentine politician who has served as the governor of Chubut Province since 1 November 2017. From 2015 to 2017, he was the province's vice governor under Mario Das Neves, whose office Arcioni took upon Das Neves's death on 31 October 2017. Early life and education Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni was born in Comodoro Rivadavia, in Chubut Province, on 2 April 1970. Arcioni finished high school at Comodoro Rivadavia's Liceo Militar General Roca. In 1995 he received his licenciatura in law from the Buenos Airesbased University of Belgrano, and later completed a degree from Universidad del Salvador to work as a scrivener. Political career Ahead of the 2015 general election, former governor Mario Das Neves chose Arcioni as his running mate in the race for the governorship of Chubut. The ticket, supported by the newly formed We Are All Chubut (Chusoto) party, won with 41.87% of the popular vote. Arcioni was the first candidate in the Chusoto Chamber of Deputies list for the 2017 legislative election; the list was the most voted in the province with 33.23% of the vote and Arcioni was elected. However, a month before Arcioni could take office as National Deputy, Governor Das Neves died of complications from his colon cancer and Arcioni assumed the governorship on his stead.