Horacio Rodríguez Larreta

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
6th Chief of Government of Buenos Aires
Assumed office
10 December 2015
Deputy Diego Santilli
Preceded by Mauricio Macri
Chief of cabinet of ministers of Buenos Aires
In office
December 10, 2007 – December 9, 2015
Personal details
Born (1965-12-10) December 10, 1965
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Political party Republican Proposal
Other political
affiliations		 Justicialist Party
Spouse(s) Bárbara Diez
Parents

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta sr.

María Cristina Díaz Alberdi
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, into a traditional Argentine family of criollo, Spanish and Italian background. He was educated at Escuela Argentina Modelo.[1] He graduated with a degree in economics 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.[2] He led the PAMI in 2000, during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, and improved the financial structure of the organization [3].

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.[4] On July 5, 2015, Larreta won 45% of the vote, forcing a runoff with ECO candidate Martín Lousteau, who secured 28% of the vote.[5]

Mayor of Buenos Aires

Mauricio Macri was elected president of Argentina in 2015, and Larreta was elected the new mayor of Buenos Aires, narrowly defeating Martín Lousteau in a tight two-round election. Macri transferred a part of the Argentine Federal Police to Buenos Aires, as it was requested by the city since many years before.[6] With the police under his control, Larreta went on to remove the manteros (streetwalk vendors) from the Caballito and Once neighborhoods.[7][8] In 2017, Larreta formed the Buenos Aires City Police, merging officers from the Federal and Metropolitan police forces.[9]

Cabinet

Larreta with then-mayor Mauricio Macri and SBASE chief Juan Pablo Picardo on a 200 Series train.

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announced his cabinet on December 3, a week before taking office.[10] 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

  1. ↑ "El Newman: del rugby a la política, la escuela del dinero y el poder," El Observada, 3 July 2016 (Retrieved 3 July 2016)
  2. ↑ Walter Curia (May 5, 1998). "Un equipo con sello menemista" [A team with a menemist seal] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Mariano Pérez de Eulat (December 2, 2000). "Renunció al PAMI el interventor que pertenece al PJ" [The interventor that belongs to the PJ resigned to the PAMI] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ "La distancia entre Horacio Rodríguez Larreta y Gabriela Michetti fue mucho mayor de lo que se esperaba" [The distance between Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Gabriela Michetti was bigger than expected] (in Spanish). La Nación. April 27, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Larreta ganó con amplia ventaja, pero habrá balotaje contra Lousteau" [Larreta wins with wide lead, but forcing runoff against Lousteau] (in Spanish). Clarin. July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mauricio Macri transfirió parte de la Policía Federal a la Ciudad". La Nación (in Spanish). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Megaoperativo policial contra manteros en Caballito". La Nación (in Spanish). 29 January 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Antes y después: cómo quedó Once sin los manteros". La Nación (in Spanish). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Entró en funciones la nueva Policía de la Ciudad". Télam (in Spanish). 2 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "La foto del gabinete de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: quién es quién" [The photo of the cabinet of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: who is who] (in Spanish). La Nación. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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