Carlos Horacio Casamiquela (9 June 1948 – 12 September 2020) was an Argentine agricultural engineer and public official.

[1] Born in Viedma, Río Negro Province, Casamiquela studied Agricultural Engineering at the National University of La Plata, graduating in 1973.

He remained in the post until September 2003, when he was appointed Vice President of SENASA, the food safety regulatory office.

[6] INTA's Prohuerta program, launched in 2005, provided assistance to 630,000 market gardens and 148,000 small farms by 2013, as well as 19,000 rural families in Haiti.

[2] A cabinet reshuffle by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in late 2013 led to the resignation of Agriculture Minister Norberto Yauhar and his replacement by Casamiquela.