Gildo Insfrán, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gildo Insfrán

Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, governor of Formosa Province

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1951

Place of Birth: Laguna Blanca (Formosa - Argentina), Formosa Province, Argentina

Profession: politician, veterinarian

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gildo Insfrán (born January 19, 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who has been governor of Formosa Province since 1995. Having been close to former President Carlos Menem, Insfrán later became close to President Néstor Kirchner, who defeated Menem in 2003 and was the leader of the Justicialist Party.
Insfrán is now an intimate of Kirchner's widow and successor, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Insfrán has been the target of accusations of corruption and self-enrichment, and has been severely criticized for his long tenure.
He arranged to have Formosa's provincial constitution revised to allow him to be reelected indefinitely, and has thus been described as having “stuck a knife into the provincial Constitution”.
In August 2012, journalist Jorge Lanata investigated the history of Insfrán's governorship and aired an exposé on his television program in which he depicted the province as a feudal fiefdom that is rife with corruption.