Pablo Domenichini

Pablo Domenichini
Member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
2021
ConstituencyThird Electoral Section
Secretary of University Policies (Argentina)
In office
1 November 2018 – 10 December 2019
PresidentMauricio Macri
Preceded byDanya Tavela
Rector of the National University Guillermo Brown (UNaB)
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
PartyRadical Civic Union
Other political
affiliations
Somos Buenos Aires (bloc)
Alma materNational University of Lomas de Zamora
OccupationPolitician; university administrator

Pablo Matías Domenichini is an Argentine politician and university administrator. He has served as a provincial deputy in the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies (mandate 2021–2025) for the Third Electoral Section and as rector of the National University Guillermo Brown (UNaB) since 2019. He previously was Argentina’s Secretary of University Policies from November 2018 to December 2019 and earlier Director National of University Development and Volunteering at the Ministry of Education.[1][2][3]

Biography

Domenichini earned a licentiate degree in Production Process Management from the National University of Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ).[4] As a student leader he was active in Franja Morada and in 2008 was elected to preside over the Argentine University Federation (FUA) for the 2008–2010 term.[5][6][7]

Career

National government

In March 2016 he was appointed (transitorily, later ratified) Director National of University Development and Volunteering (Dirección Nacional de Desarrollo Universitario y Voluntariado) in the Ministry of Education and Sports.[8][9] He resigned that post effective 1 November 2018.[10]

On 1 November 2018 he became Secretary of University Policies (Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias, SPU), replacing Danya Tavela,[11][12] a position he held until 10 December 2019.[13]

University administration

In 2019 Domenichini was designated organizing rector of the Universidad Nacional Guillermo Brown (UNaB), based in Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires Province, and was reelected for a four-year term by the University Assembly on 12 June 2023.[14][15] His initial by some media and local actors, who noted the simultaneity with his role in the national Secretariat of University Policies and raised concerns over the institution’s initial stage.[16][17]

Provincial legislature

Domenichini was elected to the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies for the 2021–2025 mandate, representing the Third Electoral Section. As of 2025 he sits in the Somos Buenos Aires caucus and serves on the committees on Parliamentary Relations (secretary), Metropolitan Conurbation Affairs, General Legislation, and Budget and Taxes.[18] In 2025 he was a candidate for provincial deputy for the Somos Buenos Aires coalition in the Third Section.[19]

Published works

La herramienta más importante de transformación”, in Revista del CIN No. 79, Council of University Presidents (CIN).[20]

Pensar el futuro en articulación con las demandas reales”, in Revista del CIN No. 88, as vice-president of the CIN Commission on Extension and Student Welfare.[21]

See also

Radical Civic Union

Argentine University Federation

Higher education in Argentina

Buenos Aires Province

Almirante Brown Partido

References

  1. ^ "Decreto 1057/2018 – Desígnase Secretario de Políticas Universitarias". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Decreto 857/2019 – Aceptación de renuncias". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Poder Ejecutivo Nacional. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Resolución 1073/2018 – Acepta renuncia de Pablo Matías Domenichini como Director Nacional de Desarrollo Universitario y Voluntariado". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  4. ^ Perfil, Editorial (1 December 2019). ""Fue fundamental construir a partir del diálogo con todos los actores del sistema universitario" (interview with Pablo Domenichini)". Perfil (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Horizonte morado en la FUA". Página/12 (in Spanish). 18 July 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  6. ^ ""Hay que derogar la ley del menemismo"". Página/12 (in Spanish). 21 July 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  7. ^ "La universidad no se mejora sin discutir el presupuesto". La Capital (Rosario) (in Spanish). 26 July 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  8. ^ "MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN Y DEPORTES – Desígnase Director Nacional de Desarrollo Universitario y Voluntariado". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 23 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  9. ^ "MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN Y DEPORTES – (aviso en PDF, funciones y pago)". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Resolución 1073/2018 – Acepta renuncia de Pablo Matías Domenichini". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Pablo Domenichini será el nuevo secretario de Políticas Universitarias". Infobae (in Spanish). 17 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Cambio en la Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 17 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Decreto 857/2019 – Aceptación de renuncias". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Autoridades – Universidad Nacional Guillermo Brown". UNaB (official) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  15. ^ "Pablo Domenichini fue reelecto como rector de nuestra universidad". UNaB (news) (in Spanish). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  16. ^ Pilatti, Julián (11 October 2019). "La UNaB, de universidad paralizada a refugio de un Gobierno". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Universidad Nacional Guillermo Brown: polémica designación como rector del macrista Pablo Domenichini". Cuatro Medios (in Spanish). 16 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Dip. Domenichini Pablo Matías – Mandato, bloque y comisiones". Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  19. ^ Rodríguez, Diamela (2 September 2025). "Pablo Domenichini, candidato de Somos Buenos Aires en la Tercera Sección: "Hay que ponerle racionalidad a tanto grito"". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  20. ^ "Revista CIN n.º 79" (PDF). CIN (in Spanish). 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  21. ^ "Revista CIN n.º 88" (PDF). CIN (in Spanish). 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2025.