Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo

Silvia del Rosario Giacoppo (born 1 May 1959) is an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union. She has served as a National Senator for Jujuy Province since 2015 and as a member of the Council of Magistracy of the Nation since 2019. Giacoppo previously served as intendenta (mayor) of Monterrico, Jujuy. Early life Giacoppo was born on 1 May 1959 in San Salvador de Jujuy to a family of Sammarinese descent. She studied law at the Universidad del Norte de Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Tucumán, graduating in 1984. She counts with a post-graduate degree. She practiced law in her hometown and in the town of Monterrico, where she has also worked as a high school teacher and as a tobacco producer. Political career A longtime member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Giacoppo served as member of the party's national congress in numerous occasions. In 1987, she was elected as intendenta (mayor) of Monterrico, becoming the first person to be elected to the post.