Rafael Pascual (politician)

Rafael Manuel Pascual (born 18 December 1951) is an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union.

In 1989, he succeeded Fernando de la Rúa as president of the Buenos Aires UCR Committee.

[1] He served as Fernando de la Rúa's campaign manager during his successful 1999 presidential run.

[2] In that year's legislative election, he ran for re-election in Buenos Aires as the first candidate in the UCR list.

[3] Following the election of de la Rúa, Pascual was tapped to be the next president of the Chamber of Deputies, office he took on 10 December 1999.