Rubén Héctor Giustiniani (born November 3, 1955 in Rosario

Rosario

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) is an Argentine

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 senator

Argentine Senate

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 from Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

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 province. An engineer by occupation, he is also president of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Argentina)

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 (PS).

Giustiniani was a National Deputy

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 from 1997 to 2003, when he was elected senator for the minority. He was the first Socialist to become a member of the upper house of Congress since Alfredo Palacios

Alfredo Palacios

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 (in 1960). In 2007, he was a candidate for the vice-presidency of Argentina, accompanying Elisa Carrió

Elisa Carrió

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, in the general election

Argentine general election, 2007

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held on 28 October 2007, in which he and Carrió gained second place.