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.

Jorge Capitanich
Governor of Chaco
In office 10 December 2019 – 9 December 2023
Vice Governor	Analía Rach Quiroga
Preceded by	Domingo Peppo
Succeeded by	Leandro Zdero
In office 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015 On leave: 20 November 2013 – 27 February 2015
Vice Governor	Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
Preceded by	Roy Nikisch
Succeeded by	Domingo Peppo
Mayor of Resistencia
In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019
Preceded by	Aída Ayala
Succeeded by	Gustavo Martínez
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
In office 20 November 2013 – 26 February 2015
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Juan Manuel Abal Medina
Succeeded by	Aníbal Fernández
In office 2 January 2002 – 3 May 2002
President	Eduardo Duhalde
Preceded by	Antonio Cafiero
Succeeded by	Alfredo Atanasof
National Senator
In office 10 December 2001 – 10 December 2007
Constituency	Chaco
Minister of Economy, Social Development, Labour and Health
In office 21 December 2001 – 23 December 2007
President	Ramón Puerta
Preceded by	Domingo Cavallo (as Minister of Economy)
Succeeded by	Rodolfo Frigeri (as Secretary of the Treasury)
Personal details
Born	(1964-11-28) 28 November 1964 Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party
Alma mater	National University of the Northeast University of Belgrano University of San Andrés

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.