Horacio Daniel Rosatti (born 11 August 1956) is an Argentine lawyer, politician and a member of the Supreme Court of Argentina since 2016, designated by president Mauricio Macri's and the Senate's approval.[1] In September 2021 he was elected President of the court by his peers, and took office on 1 October.[2]

Horacio Rosatti
Rosatti in 2023
President of the Supreme Court
Assumed office
1 October 2021
Preceded byCarlos Rosenkrantz
Minister of the Supreme Court
Assumed office
29 June 2016
Nominated byMauricio Macri
Preceded byEugenio Raúl Zaffaroni
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office
24 July 2004 – 25 July 2005
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byGustavo Béliz
Succeeded byAlberto Iribarne
Procurator of the Treasury
In office
25 May 2003 – 24 July 2004
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byCarlos Sánchez Herrera
Succeeded byOsvaldo Guglielmino
Mayor of Santa Fe
In office
10 December 1995 – 10 December 1999
Preceded byJorge Obeid
Succeeded byMarcelo Ignacio Alvarez
Personal details
Born
Horacio Daniel Rosatti

(1956-08-11) 11 August 1956 (age 68)
Santa Fe, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Alma materNational University of the Littoral (LLB)

As a politician, for the Justicialist Party, he served as Mayor of Santa Fe from 1995 to 1999, as Procurator of the Treasury of the Nation from 2003 to 2004, and then as Minister of Justice when the president Néstor Kirchner appointed him to the position between 2004 and 2005.[3][4]

Early life and education

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Rosatti was born on 11 August 1956 in Santa Fe. He graduated in law from the National University of the Littoral (UNL). He is also a Doctor in History by the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.[5]

From 1999 to 2002, he was dean of the Universidad Católica de Santa Fe (UCSF) Faculty of Law.[6] He has also taught courses at the graduate level on constitutional law and provincial and municipal public law at the UNL Faculty of Judicial and Social Sciences. At the post-graduate level, he has taught courses on constitutional and public law at the Universidad Austral and the National University of Rosario.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Horacio Rosatti será juez de la Corte Archived 2017-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, La Nación newspaper
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2021-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Buenos Aires Times
  3. ^ "Grave denuncia contra el juez de la corte Horacio Rosatti por supuesto enriquecimiento ilícito: piden investigar la compra de 8 departamentos". A24 (in Spanish). 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Horacio Daniel Rosatti". Chequeado (in Spanish). 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. ^ Horacio Rosatti CV Archived 2021-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, Supreme Court official page
  6. ^ "El Dr. Rosatti juró como juez de la Corte Suprema". ucsf.edu.ar (in Spanish). 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Disertación Ministro de la CSJN Dr. Rosatti". fder.unr.edu.ar (in Spanish). 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.