Overview
- Argentina’s Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and national press confirmed the death of Horacio Sanguinetti at age 90 and published tributes summarizing his public career.
- Sanguinetti served as rector of the Colegio Nacional for 23 years, shaping an elite public preuniversity school and defending principles of university autonomy and academic freedom.
- He took a leave from the rectorate to serve as Buenos Aires secretary of Education under Fernando de la Rúa and later returned to lead the Colegio until 2007.
- Appointed director general of the Teatro Colón in late 2007, his management through January 2009 involved canceled programs, touring performances to alternative venues, and resignations by senior artistic directors.
- A prolific scholar on law, education and opera, Sanguinetti received honors including the Konex platinum award and decorations from France and Italy, and spent his final years confined by a neurological illness under family care.