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{{Short description|Argentine politician (born 1967)}}

|office = [[Argentine ChamberofDeputies|National Deputy]]

|term_start = 10 December 2021

|constituency = [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]]

| office1 = [[Ministry of Education (Argentina)|Minister of Education]]

| term_start1 = 17 July 2017

| term_end1 = 10 December 2019

| president1 = [[Mauricio Macri]]

| predecessor1 = [[Esteban Bullrich]]

| successor1 = [[Nicolás Trotta]]

'''Alejandro Oscar Finocchiaro''' (born 27 August 1967) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Technology of [[Argentina]]. Previously he was general director of Culture and Education of the province of [[Buenos Aires]] and Secretary of Educational Policies and Teaching Career in the [[Autonomous city|Autonomous City]]of[[Buenos Aires]]. Since [[2021 Argentine legislative election|2021]], he has been a [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] elected in [[Buenos Aires Province]].

Finocchiaro is an associate professor of state theory at UBA Law School, head of contemporary international policy at the [[University of Business and Social Sciences]] (UCES), and professor of political law at the [[National University of La Matanza]] (UNLaM); he served as Dean of the College of Law and Political Science at the latter institution from 2004 to 2011.<ref name=clarin>{{Cite news|title=Alejandro Finocchiaro: "La resistencia a la nueva secundaria es política, se va a implementar igual"|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/alejandro-finocchiaro-resistencia-nueva-secundaria-politica-va-implementar-igual_0_H1RykpU2Z.html|accessdate=27 June 2019|author=Clarín|date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="LDAR"/>

Finocchiaro has authored the books ''UBA c / Estado Nacional. A study on university autonomy''<ref name="Pag12">{{cite news |title=¿Hasta dónde llega la autonomía? |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/universidad/10-41138-2004-09-17.html |accessdate=27 June 2019 |agency=Página 12 |publisher=Página 12}}</ref> and ''El mito reformista'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Alejandro|first=Finocchiaro|title=El mito reformista|date=2015|publisher=Eudeba|isbn=9789502323237|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFNoBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT3}}</ref> as well as articles on international politics, education, history, and political philosophy.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Alejandro Finocchiaro: "Tenemos que ir a una superación de la gratuidad"|url=http://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/alejandro-finocchiaro-tenemos-que-ir-una-superacion-de-la-gratuidad|accessdate= 27 June 2019}}</ref>

Since July 2017 he has served as Argentina's [[Ministry of Education (Argentina)|Minister of education]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Clarín | title = Who is Alejandro Finocchiaro, the new Minister of Education |url = https://www.clarin.com/politica/alejandro-finocchiaro-nuevo-ministro-educacion_0_rkckLdzB-.html|accessdate=4 September 2018 | language = es}}</ref> Shortly after assuming his post, he decided to reduce the Our School program by canceling the plan that allowed thousands of teachers across the country to access a free postgraduate course through online training courses, starting in January 2018 with the closing of three posts.<ref name = "The Government dismantled the Our School program, which trained teachers for free">{{Cite news | title = The Government dismantled the Our School program, which trained teachers for free | url =https://www.politicargentina.com/notas/201801/24190-peligran-mil-empleos-el-gobierno-desmantela-el-programa-nuestra-escuela-que-capacita-gratis-a-docentes.html| agency = politicaargentina | date = 20 January 2018}}</ref> At the same time, the decree eliminated the national parity of teachers, which caused conflicts in several provinces.<ref name = "Deputies will quote Finocchiaro for the decree that eliminates the national parity">{{cite news | title = Deputies will cite Finocchiaro for the decree that eliminates the national parity | url = https://info135.com.ar/2018/01/20/diputados-citaran-a-finocchiaro-por-el-decreto-que-elimina-la-paritaria-nacional/ | author = info135 | date = 20 January 2018}}</ref> The conflict led to a strike and suspended the teaching of classes in the 57 national universities, covering 190,000 teachers and 1.6 million students,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.perfil.com/noticias/sociedad/sin-acuerdo-sigue-el-paro-en-las-57-universidades-nacionales.phtml |accessdate = 23 August 2018 | title = Without agreement, unemployment continues in 57 national universities | date = 23 August 2018 | website = Perfil.com}}</ref> in addition to the 3,000 million pesos cut in public universities.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.pagina12.com.ar/104800-an-adjustment-to-start-the-year | title = An adjustment to start the year - The Government cut 3 billion to the university budget | date =25 August 2018 | website = Página / 12 | language = es-AR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lmdiario.com.ar/noticia/58294/el-gobierno-recorto-3000-millones-de-pesos-a-las-universidades-publicas |accessdate=27 June 2019 |title=El Gobierno recortó 3000 millones de pesos a las universidades públicas |date=31 March 2018 |website=La NUEVA Mañana |language=es-AR |archive-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825074111/https://lmdiario.com.ar/noticia/58294/el-gobierno-recorto-3000-millones-de-pesos-a-las-universidades-publicas |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2019,heran for mayor of [[La Matanza Partido|La Matanza]] as part of the [[Juntos por el Cambio]] coalition.<ref>{{Cite news | title= Minister Alejandro Finocchiaro launches as candidate to mayor of La Matanza |url =https://www.iprofesional.com/politica/286068-justicia-maria-eugenia-vidal-mauricio-macri-Finocchiaro-se-lanza-como-candidato-a-intennte-en-La-Matanza|accessdate=22 June 2019 | website=websiteofesional.com | date=5 February 2019}}</ref>

==Minister of Education==

His greatest achievement is the arrival of technology in the classroom: he connected 19 thousand schools to the Internet and now Argentine children learn programming and robotics from kindergarten.

During his tenure, the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] ([[UNESCO]]) highlighted progress that made Argentina an "emerging leader" in education. In 2018, he pointed to [[Argentina]] as one of the five countries in the world that had made the greatest progress in digital literacy and in 2019 in a document entitled "Artificial Intelligence in education: challenges and opportunities for sustainable development", highlights the Learn Connected program that promoted the Ministry of Education.

Finocchiaro is Argentina's ambassador to the Working Group on International Cooperation for Education, Remembrance and Holocaust Research at the [[International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite news | title = Training teacher at the Holocaust Museum | url = https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Capacitacion-docente-en-el-Museo-del-Holocausto-20170703-0106.html | access-date = 20 December 2017 |author=The Chronicler |date=3 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title = Argentina - Delegation members | url = https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/en/node/728 | work = International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance | language = en | accessdate = 27 May 2019}}</ref> Finocchiaro produced the 2008 documentary ''Mujeres de la Shoá'' ("Women of the Holocaust") in a joint production of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires and the UNLaM.<ref name="LDAR">{{cite web |title=Finocchiaro, Subsecretario de Educación porteño,『Hay que alfabetizar en tecnología』|url=http://www.lideresargentinos.com/finocchiaro-subsecretario-de-educacion-hay-que-alfabetizar-en-tecnologia/ |website=Líderes Argentinos|accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0w7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|title=Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema|editor-first=Nora |editor-last=Glickman|editor2-first=Ariana|editor2-last=Huberman|year=2017|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-1477314715|page=236}}</ref>

During the ceremony of August 30, 2017, Alejandro Finocchiaro received the Outstanding Graduate award from the [[University of San Andrés]] (UdeSA) for being a student of that university who reached the position of [[Minister of Education]].

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