Juan Pablo Schiavi

Juan Pablo Schiavi (born June 10, 1957 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine agronomist and politician who has held a wide range of positions at the top of national and municipal government of Argentina.

After Carlos Grosso, described by La Nación as “an icon of Peronist renovation,” left his job “amid a flood of corruption allegations,” Schiavi went into business with Chain, with whom he ran an architectural firm during most of the 1990s.

[2] While working as director of the city's Public Services Regulatory Authority, Schiavi met Ricardo Jaime and Julio De Vido, the latter of whom, according to La Nación, would become “his protector in the K world” (that is, the circle of politicians and business people surrounding the Kirchner government).

After Ibarra was removed from office, he was replaced by his deputy, Jorge Telerman, who in 2006 appointed Schiavi as Secretary of Planning and Public Works.

When Macri became Mayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, De Vido summoned Schiavi to head Administration (ADIF), a state company that was created to promote investments.

[5] It was reported in February 2010 that Schiavi and Jaime were both being investigated, and had been subpoenaed, for illegally accepting free flights on airlines while they were working in the government.

[17] Two years after the Once disaster, in March 2014, Schiavi, Jaime, and other officials went on trial for having played roles in the corruption, incompetence, and negligence that were said to have led to the incident.

[10][12] However, he admitted that the company that been operating the Sarmiento line at the time of the disaster, Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA), “was a bad concessionary.”[19] His nickname is “Juampi” and La Nación has said that his main political asset seems to be his “versatility” or “gelatin-like quality.”[1]