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Iaccarino was born in Louisiana Plata on August 7, 1946, the son of Dora Emma Venturino and Rodolfo Genaro Valentin Iaccarino.
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Alejandro Iaccarino
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In 1976 Iaccarino, a successful dairy entrepreneur, was kidnapped with several relatives and detained by armed officials. He was released in 1978. Iaccarino founded several economic associations.
In 1969, Iaccarino joined the Buenos Aires stock exchange as its youngest member.
He founded Southern Argentina Construction, Llumbras and Ciatra. Iaccarino later purchased two livestock and forest holdings comprising 25,000 hectares (97 sq mi) in Santiago del Estero Province.
The following year, Iaccarino confronted Santiago del Estero governor Carlos Juarez about governmental setting of milk prices (Iaccarino had founded the NOA dairy). In 1982 Iaccarino was elected president of the Economic Confederation of Argentina, founding economic associations throughout the country with a group of businesspeople and professionals.
This gave a voice to those who were kidnapped, tortured and economically harmed by the dictatorship.
Foreign his presidency of the Economic Commission for Africa and the creation of PEEG, Iaccarino received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope John Paul II on June 7, 1985. At a meeting of international representatives in the United States, he was appointed chairman of the Investigation Committee of the International Monetary Fund and the Trilateral Commission in Latin America. After Iaccarino was freed, he attended conferences of Argentine economic associations in Buenos Aires, Quilmes, San Juan, Mendoza, Tucumán and March del Plata.
Foreign several years he has lectured in municipalities and universities around the country, such as UNICEN, UNLP and UNLZ, about life during the Argentine Revolution.
On April 30, 2012, three men tried to assassinate Iaccarino at his home in Louisiana Plata.
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