Daniel Filmus
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| Daniel Filmus | |
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| Assumed office 10 December 2007 |
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Minister of Education, Science & Technology
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| In office 2003 – 10 December 2007 |
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| President | Néstor Kirchner |
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| Preceded by | Graciela Giannettasio |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| Born | June 3, 1955 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Justicialist |
| Profession | Sociologist |
| Website | www.danielfilmus.com.ar |
Daniel Fernando Filmus (born June 3, 1955 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine politician and academic, currently Senator for Buenos Aires and formerly Minister of Education, Science and Technology in the government of President Néstor Kirchner.
Filmus was briefly involved in the Communist youth wing as a teenager. He studied psychology and sociology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and became involved in peronist politics. He helped to set up a permanent assembly on human rights at UBA, as a student union activist. He gained a masters in Education at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro.
Filmus headed the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) and became an academic in the field of education, writing several books. He entered public service as deputy minister of education to Carlos Grosso (he was involved in the "escuela shopping" affair, when that government sold school land in order to make a shopping mall) and in the mid 1990s assisted the minister Susana Decibe. In 2000, he became minister of education of the city of Buenos Aires under Aníbal Ibarra, who asked him to be his running mate in the 2003 elections [1]. However before the election took place, President Kirchner asked Filmus to become Minister of Education. He is also Professor of Sociology at UBA. Filmus was a candidate for mayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, and came in second place after the ballotage on 24 June 2007 behind Mauricio Macri [2].
Later in 2007, Filmus was elected Senator for Buenos Aires and took office in December 2007.
