Marcos Peña

Marcos Peña
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Argentina
Assumed office
10 December 2015
President Mauricio Macri
Preceded by Aníbal Fernández
Personal details
Born (1977-03-15) 15 March 1977
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party Republican Proposal
Other political
affiliations		 Cambiemos (2015–present)
Alma mater Torcuato di Tella University

Marcos Peña (born March 15, 1977) Is an Argentine politician, author and political scientist, current Chief of Cabinet of Ministers of the Argentine Nation, after being appointed by President Mauricio Macri, on December 10, 2015.

Previously, he had served as Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires by the Commitment to Change Front. He is one of the main advisers of Republican Proposal. He himself led the campaign that led Macri to be elected in 2015 as President of Argentina.

Early life and education

Marcos Peña was born in March 15, 1977, in Buenos Aires. Peña is the son of Félix Peña, a foreign trade specialist and Clara Braun, an academic. He is the grandson of the Argentine physiologist, Eduardo Braun-Menéndez. He attended his first years of elementary school at Wayside Elementary School in Potomac, Maryland, United States, as his parents lived abroad. He returned to Argentina and completed high school in Buenos Aires.[1] He graduated with a degree in political sciences from the Torcuato di Tella University.

Political career

He was elected a Legislator for the Buenos Aires City in 2003, then by the Commitment to Change.6 He helped the gestation of Commitment to Change, which would later be Republican Proposal, popularly known as PRO, a new party that would initially propel Mauricio Macri to The City Government Headquarters and topped the list of legislators in 2005.

When Mauricio Macri became mayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, Peña was designated General Secretary of the City of Buenos Aires. From there he was in charge of the communication area of the city. In November 2015, Macri designated him as Chief of Cabinet of Ministers of the Argentine Nation. He took office on December 10, 2015 in the Bicentennial Museum in the Casa Rosada.

Peña was campaign manager for Macri's 2015 Presidential campaign. Macri became president in 2015, and appointed Peña Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, after the approval of the Senate.[1]

Personal life

In 2002, he married journalist Luciana Mantero, with whom he has two children. Peña was also a fellow of the CIPPEC organization and the Poder Ciudadano Foundation.

References

  1. 1 2 "Marcos Peña, Jefe de Gabinete" [Marcos Peña, chief of cabinet] (in Spanish). La Nación. November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Aníbal Fernández		 Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina
2015–present		 Incumbent
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