Pedro Guastavino

{{Short description|Argentine politician}}

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{{Infobox Senator

| name = Pedro Guastavino

| nationality = Argentine

| image name = Pedro Guastavino.png

| office = National Senator

| party = Justicialist Party

| term_start = 10 December 2007

| term_end = 10 December 2019

| constituency = Entre Ríos

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| office2 = Vice Governor of Entre Ríos

| governor2 = Jorge Busti

| term_start2 = 2003

| term_end2 = 10 December 2007

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|07|1}}

| birth_place = Gualeguaychú

| death_date =

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| profession = Lawyer

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Pedro Guillermo Angel Guastavino (born 1 July 1954 in Gualeguaychú) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Between 2007 and 2019, he sat in the Argentine Senate representing Entre Ríos Province in the block of the majority Front for Victory.{{Cite web|date=2019-08-26|title=Guastavino destacó la solidez de la presentación que los gobernadores harán ante la Corte|url=https://diarioelsol.com.ar/2019/08/26/guastavino-destaco-la-solidez-de-la-presentacion-que-los-gobernadores-haran-ante-la-corte/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Diario El Sol|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=Los empleados legislativos sospechados dependen del senador Pedro Guastavino {{!}} El Diario de Entre Ríos|url=https://www.eldiario.com.ar/5995-los-empleados-legislativos-sospechados-dependen-del-senador-pedro-guastavino/|access-date=2020-06-17|language=es}}

Guastavino qualified as a lawyer at the National University of La Plata. In 1987 he joined the national government as Director of Promotion at the Ministry of Social Action, then becoming subsecretary of social action in the same ministry. From 1991 he worked as Director of the Institute of Financial Assistance at the Social Action Ministry.

In 1995, he became President of the Gualeguaychú Justicialist Party and in 1999 he was elected a provincial deputy for Gualeguaychú.{{Cite web|last=Reporte 2820|first=Redacción de|title=Bordet le otorgó una pensión vitalicia al ex vicegobernador Pedro Guastavino - Política - Reporte 2820|url=https://www.r2820.com/notas/bordet-le-otorg-una-pensin-vitalicia-al-ex-vicegobernador-pedro-guastavino.htm|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Bordet le otorgó una pensión vitalicia al ex vicegobernador Pedro Guastavino - Política - Reporte 2820|language=es-ES}} Guastavino was elected vice governor of Entre Ríos in 2003 as the running mate of Jorge Busti. At the end of his term of office, he was elected senator for the province and took office in December 2007.