tenure, a nomination that was renewed for another two-year period on the basis of a unanimous vote. Having been re-elected as a Deputy in 2001, in December 2001 he became a minister as the Secretary of Sports and Tourism. In 2003 the formula Kirchner-Scioli running on the Front for Victory ticket won the presidential election. Thus Scioli became Argentina's vice-president and the President of the Senate. In 2007, upon Néstor Kirchner's retirement as president, Daniel Scioli was elected Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, considered one of the most influential political jobs in Argentina. Following disappointing results for the ruling Front for Victory (FPV) in the June 28, 2009, mid-term elections, Scioli replaced Kirchner as President of the Justicialist Party (to which the FPV belongs). Scioli was the FPV candidate in the 2015 Argentine presidential election, and was endorsed by incumbent President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The initial polls pointed him as a favourite, with some predicting he would win enough votes to win outright and avoid a ballotage. However, he only narrowly won the first round, forcing him into a ballotage against Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri. The ballotage round was held on November 22. Scioli narrowly lost to Macri, and conceded the race with 70% of the votes counted. Electoral career Executive Legislative References External links Site of the team of Daniel Scioli Videos of Daniel Scioli Site of Photographs of Daniel Scioli Twitter of Daniel Scioli Facebook of Daniel Scioli Youth for Scioli. Group that supports Daniel Scioli Biography by CIDOB (in Spanish) |- |- |- |- |- 1957 births 21st-century Argentine politicians Argentine motorboat racers Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine sportsperson-politicians Candidates for President of Argentina Governors of Buenos Aires Province Justicialist Party politicians Living people Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province Politicians from Buenos Aires Politicians with disabilities Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Vice presidents of Argentina Ambassadors of Argentina to Brazil