Luis Basterra
Luis Basterra | |
|---|---|
| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Formosa |
| In office 10 December 2011 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Formosa |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 20 September 2021 | |
| President | Alberto Fernández |
| Preceded by | Luis Miguel Etchevehere |
| Succeeded by | Julián Domínguez |
| Vice President of INTA | |
| In office 13 October 2009 – 10 December 2011 | |
| President | Carlos Casamiquela |
| Preceded by | Amadeo Nicora |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Anglesio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1958 Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Frente de Todos (since 2019) Front for Victory (until 2019) |
| Alma mater | National University of the Northeast |
Luis Eugenio Basterra (born 14 October 1958) is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He was the country's Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries from 10 December 2019 to 20 September 2021, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.
Since 2023, he has been a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies representing Formosa Province. He previously held the same position from 2011 to 2019. Basterra also served as vice-president of the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA) from 2009 to 2011 and as Minister of Production of Formosa Province from 2003 to 2009 in the administration of Governor Gildo Insfrán.