Leandro Zdero

• Name — Leandro Zdero • Office — Governor of Chaco • Vice Governor — Silvana Schneider (until 2025) Vacant (since 2025) • Predecessor — Jorge Capitanich • Term Start — 10 December 2023 • Office1 — Provincial Deputy of Chaco • Term Start1 — 10 December 2017 • Term End1 — 10 December 2023 • Term Start2 — 10 December 2005 • Term End2 — 10 December 2009 • Born — 18 January 1971 • Birthplace — Quitilipi, Argentina • Party — Radical Civic Union • Other Party — Juntos por el Cambio • Alma Mater — National University of the Northeast

Leandro Zdero was born in Quitilipi. He is an architect and a teacher at the National University of the Northeast. He ran for mayor of Resistencia, Chaco in 2015, but was defeated by former governor Jorge Capitanich. He ran again in 2019 and was defeated by Gustavo Martínez. He ran for governor in 2023, and held primary elections within the Juntos por el Cambio party against Juan Carlos Polini. He won without any noticeable disputes with Polini, who worked alongside him since then. He ran against Governor Jorge Capitanich, who was running for re-election and won. His victory ended 16 years of continuous rule of the Justicialist Party in the province. The transition negotiations between Capitanich and Zdero were interrupted a month later, as the elected vicegovernor Silvana Schneider accused the outgoing government of proving false and misleading information. They also denounced that Capitanich had made cheques to be paid by the administration of Zdero by 1500 millions of pesos, and that he added 17000 new employees to the government.

Zdero took office on 9 December 2023. He announced that the province was in a poor condition, and that his administration would start a full audit of the provincial state.