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He is the brother of former [[Argentina national football team]] coach [[Marcelo Bielsa]], both well-known [[Newell's Old Boys]] supporters. |
He is the brother of former [[Argentina national football team]] coach [[Marcelo Bielsa]], both well-known [[Newell's Old Boys]] supporters. |
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Currently he is a [[Buenos Aires]] autonomous city [[deputy]] candidate for the [[October 23]], [[2005]] general elections. |
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Revision as of 20:53, 18 October 2005
Rafael Antonio Bielsa (born February 15 1953 in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina) is the foreign minister of Argentina since May 25, 2003, when President Néstor Kirchner took office.
In 1977, during the Dirty War and suspected of being a member of the montoneros radical guerrilla group, he was detained and taken to the "El Castillo" (also known as "El Fortín") illegal detention centre, where he spent two months of questioning and torture.
After a period in Spain, Bielsa returned to Argentina in 1980, and started working in different positions of the military government, mainly in the Ministry of Justice.
After the return to democracy in 1983, Bielsa worked in a Secretariat of the Ministry of Education in different functions, then in the 1990s at the Presidency and other specific international projects, and then as assessor at the Ministry of Justice, as well as other posts.
He is the brother of former Argentina national football team coach Marcelo Bielsa, both well-known Newell's Old Boys supporters.
Currently he is a Buenos Aires autonomous city deputy candidate for the October 23, 2005 general elections.
External links
- Rafael Bielsa's both sides (Spanish)
- Rafael Bielsa's CV (Spanish)