He is an Argentine doctor, military officer, lawyer, and politician. He has served as Minister of Security for the Province of Buenos Aires since December 11, 2019.
He previously held the position of Deputy Minister of Social Development and later head of the National Security Secretariat, as well as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Security between 2012 and 2015. He was a delegate for the Americas on INTERPOL’s Executive Committee between 2014 and 2016.
Although he developed most of his professional activity in southern Argentina and is often believed to have originated from there, Sergio Berni was born in Capilla del Señor, the head town of the Exaltación de la Cruz district, in the province of Buenos Aires. His family had Peronist leanings, and it seems his grandfather, a rural schoolteacher in the region, was a great admirer of Eva Perón.
He trained as a surgeon and completed his residency in the Argentine Army, thus becoming a military doctor. He made a career in that institution, remaining active with the rank of lieutenant colonel, although fully devoted to political activity. He was retired on February 15, 2016, during the government of Mauricio Macri. In addition to being a surgeon, Sergio Berni also obtained a law degree. Alongside his university degrees, he is a karate trainer and champion, distinguished mountaineer, tactical diver, expert in tactics and strategy, paratrooper, and professional rescuer.
He is a surgeon, army lieutenant colonel, and expert in tactics and strategy. He completed his medical residency at the Military Hospital and was later stationed in the south, at the “Rospentek” Army Garrison in Santa Cruz, in the 1990s. He held the position of delegate to INTERPOL, a role he attained during the 83rd General Assembly of that international organization.
On December 11, 2019, he took office as Minister of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, a position to which he was appointed by Governor Axel Kicillof. In January 2020, he banned the consumption of alcohol in public spaces and required nightclubs to stop admitting new patrons after 2 a.m.
That same month, he launched a new “Operativo Sol” with 12,466 police officers involved, along with 3,000 reinforcements from various towns in Buenos Aires Province, which were redistributed throughout the Atlantic Coast.
In December 2019, he began studying a new system to help prevent femicides, forming a team that included, among others, the renowned psychiatrist Enrique De Rosa.