Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
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Horacio Rodríguez Larreta | |
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File:Larreta politico.jpg | |
6th Chief of Government of Buenos Aires | |
Assumed office December 9, 2015 |
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Governor | Mauricio Macri |
Chief of cabinet of ministers of Buenos Aires | |
In office December 10, 2007 – December 9, 2015 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
December 10, 1965
Nationality | Argentine |
Political party | Republican Proposal |
Other political affiliations |
Justicialist Party |
Spouse(s) | Bárbara Diez |
Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (Buenos Aires, October 29, 1965) is an Argentine politician and current Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Biography
Larreta was born in Buenos Aires on October 29, 1965. He graduated in economy at the University of Buenos Aires in 1988 and obtained a Master in Business Administration in Harvard Business School. He returned to Argentina in 1993. He was appointed director of the ANSES in 1995, during the presidency of Carlos Menem. In 1998 he moved to the Ministry of Social Development.[1] He led the PAMI in 2000, during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, and improved the financial structure of the organization.[2]
He helped Mauricio Macri to create the political party Commitment to Change, which would eventually become the Republican Proposal (PRO). Macri became the mayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, and Larreta has served as chief of the cabinet of ministers of the city since then.
Larreta and Gabriela Michetti ran for the primary elections of PRO in 2015, with Larreta ultimately winning the party's support for mayorship of Buenos Aires.[3] On July 5, 2015, Larreta won 45% of the vote, forcing a runoff with ECO candidate Martín Lousteau, who secured 28% of the vote.[4]
Mayor of Buenos Aires
Mauricio Macri became president of Argentina in 2015, and Larreta was elected the new mayor of Buenos Aires. Macri transferred a part of the Argentine federal police to Buenos Aires, as it was requested by the city since many years before.[5] With the police under his control, Larreta proceed to remove the manteros from the Caballito neighborhood.[6]
Cabinet
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announced his cabinet on December 3, a week before taking office.[7] It is composed by:
- Felipe Miguel, chief of cabinet of ministers
- Fernando Straface, general secretary
- Soledad Acuña, minister of education
- Ana María Bou Pérez, minister of health
- Guadalupe Tagliaferri, minister of urban development
- Leticia Montiel, legal and technical secretary
- Andrés Freire, minister of modernization
- Darío Lopérfido, minister of culture
- Martín Ocampo, minister of justice
- Eduardo Macchiavelli, minister of public space
- Franco Moccia, minister of transport
- Martín Mura, minister of finances
- Bruno Screnci, minister of government
- Marcelo Nachón, secretary of media
Books
- 1996: Tecnología y competitividad en el Mercosur.
- 1997: Hacia un nuevo sector público.
- 1998: Domando al elefante blanco.
- 1999: El desafío de la igualdad.
- 2004: La reconstrucción del Estado.
- 2005: Como superar el default social.
- 2006: El país que queremos.
References
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- ↑ Megaoperativo policial contra manteros en Caballito (Spanish)
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External links
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- Official site (Spanish)