Samuel Manuel Cabanchik (born August 18, 1958) is an Argentine

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 philosopher, academic and politician. He was elected to the Argentine Senate

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 in 2007, representing the City of Buenos Aires on the Civic Coalition

Civic Coalition

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 ticket. He left the Civic Coalition on July 8, 2009 and formed his own parliamentary group, the Federal Buenos Aires Project.

Cabanchik is a professor of contemporary philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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 and conducted research for Conicet, the National Scientific and Technical Research Council. His books include El revés de la filosofía (Buenos Aires, Biblos, 1993), Introducciones a la Filosofía (Barcelona, GEDISA, 2000) and El abandono del Mundo (Buenos Aires, 2006).

Cabanchik was affiliated to the Radical Civic Union

Radical Civic Union

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 but was inactive for several years prior to actively supporting the Civic Coalition of Elisa Carrió

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. He was elected to the Senate on the list of the Civic Coalition in 2007. On July 8, 2009 he announced he was leaving the Civic Coalition and forming his own parliamentary group, the Federal Buenos Aires Project. Nevertheless, he stays within the Civic and Social Agreement

Civic and Social Agreement

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 and remains a strong opponent to the national government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

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External links

• Official Site
• Interview with Clarín
  Clarín (newspaper)
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  , 24 September 2006.