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Place of Birth: Tupungato, Argentina
About José Luis Manzano
- José Luis Manzano (born March 9, 1956 in Tupungato, Mendoza province, Argentina) is an Argentine businessman and former politician.
- He is currently a partner in the second largest multimedia group in his country, Grupo América, and has investments in several economic sectors, including energy, wine, and apparel. Born in Tupungato, Mendoza, he studied medicine at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and specialized in occupational medicine.
- Later he completed two postgraduate programs at Georgetown University in the United States: Executive Postgraduate in International Finance and Executive Postgraduate In International Business.He had outstanding experience in the civil service.
- Between 1983 and 1989 he was national deputy for Mendoza Province; in the Lower House of the Congress of the Argentine Nation, he presided over the block of the Justicialista Party.
- Between 1989 and 1993 he was party secretary.
- Between 1989 and 1992 he served as the Interior Minister in the cabinet of President Carlos Saúl Menem.In 1996 he began to collaborate with the media group of Daniel Vila, an Argentine businessman, acquired the channel America TV, together with the politician and entrepreneur Francisco de Narváez.
- In turn, he and Vila created the media company Grupo América, currently the second largest media company in Argentina.
- Today, with the name Grupo América, the company owns 49 various media outlets from all over the country, including those providing graphics, radio, television and digital content. In 2007, Manzano and Vila founded Andes Energy, an oil company which includes Alfredo Vila, Luis Nofal and Jorge Aidar Bestene on its board.
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