Juan Héctor Sylvestre Begnis

Juan Héctor Sylvestre Begnis (1937 – 4 August 2012), nicknamed "Canchi", was an Argentine physician and politician. He served as Minister of Health of Santa Fe Province during Governor Jorge Obeid’s second administration (2003–2007) and as a National Deputy for Santa Fe (2005–2009), chairing the lower house Committee on Social Action and Public Health.

Early life and education Sylvestre Begnis was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, in 1937. He earned a medical degree in 1963 from the Faculty of Medicine in Rosario, then part of the National University of the Littoral (UNL). He was the son of surgeon and Santa Fe governor Carlos Sylvestre Begnis.

National Deputy (2005–2009) Elected in 2005 on the Front for Victory (FPV) list for Santa Fe, he chaired the Chamber of Deputies’ Committee on Social Action and Public Health.

Other activities In 2007 he was a candidate for mayor of Rosario within the FPV space led locally by Agustín Rossi.