Miguel Lifschitz


Roberto Miguel Lifschitz, is an Argentine politician and civil engineer of the Socialist Party who was Governor of Santa Fe Province. Before, he was Mayor of Rosario.

Career

He obtained his degree at the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Rosario in 1979, and worked in the private sector until 1989, when he became Director-General of the Public Housing Service of the city of Rosario, under the socialist administration of Héctor Cavallero.
He continued working in various public offices, as Municipal Secretary-General, Public Services' Secretary and General Cabinet Coordinator for the Municipality of Rosario, between June and December 2003, under the administration of Hermes Binner.
Lifschitz ran for Mayor of Rosario and was elected in the provincial elections of 7 September 2003 for the period 2003–2007. In 2006 he began acknowledging he could run for reelection. In March 2007, a survey showed that Lifschitz would win by a wide margin over any of the other major prospective candidates.
Lifschitz competed in the primaries of the Progressive, Civic and Social Front, on 1 July 2007, against Carlos Comi ; he obtained around 90% of the vote. In the main election of 2 September 2007, he won his reelection for the period 2007–2011 by a landslide over his closest competitor, former Socialist mayor Héctor Cavallero.
In the elections of June 14, 2015 was elected as the new governor of the Province of Santa Fe, a position he assumed on December 10.