Daniel Fernando Filmus is an Argentine politician and academic, currently Secretary of Education, Science and Technology in the government of President Néstor Kirchner. Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ...  , full name Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoic (born 25 February 1950), was sworn in as President of Argentina on May 25, 2003. ...

Born in Buenos Aires, June 3rd 1955, Filmus was briefly involved in the Communist youth wing as a teenager. He studied psychology and sociology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and became involved in peronist politics. He helped to set up a permanent assembly on human rights at UBA, as a student union activist. He gained a masters in Education at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro. Coordinates: Found 1536, 1580 Chief of Government Jorge Telerman Area    - City 203 km²  (78. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. ... Social interactions and their consequences are the subject of sociology. ... The Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) is the largest university in Argentina, founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires. ... Peronism is an Argentine political ideology based on the ideas and programs associated with former president Juan Perón. ... A students union, student government, or student council is a student organization present at many colleges and universities, often with its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body. ... The Fluminense Federal University (Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF) is one of the four federally-funded public universities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area    - City 1,260 km² Population    - City (2005) 5,613,000 [1]  - Density 4,781/km²  - Metro 11,620,000 [2] Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3) Website: www. ...

Filmus headed the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Flacso) and became an academic in the field of education, writing several books. He entered public service as deputy minister of education to Carlos Grosso and in the mid 1990s assisted the minister Susana Decibe. In 2000, he became minister of education of the city of Buenos Aires under Aníbal Ibarra, who asked him to be his running mate in the 2003 elections [1]. However before the election took place, President Kirchner asked Filmus to become minister of education. He is also Professor of Sociology at UBA. Filmus has announced his candidacy for governor of Buenos Aires. Aníbal Ibarra Aníbal Ibarra (born 1958-03-01) is an Argentine lawyer and politician from Lomas de Zamora, a district located in the southern region of Gran Buenos Aires. ...

External links

• Daniel Filmus y Adriana Puiggrós: ¿A dónde va la educación? Interview, Clarín, 19 February 2006
• Ministry of Education, Science and Technology