Sergio Massa
Sergio Massa | |
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Minister of Economy | |
In office 3 August 2022 – 10 December 2023 | |
President | Alberto Fernández |
Preceded by | Silvina Batakis (Economy) Daniel Scioli (Production) Julián Domínguez (Agriculture) |
Succeeded by | Luis Caputo |
President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 10 December 2019 – 2 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Emilio Monzó |
Succeeded by | Cecilia Moreau |
National Deputy | |
In office 10 December 2019 – 3 August 2022 | |
Constituency | Buenos Aires |
In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2017 | |
Constituency | Buenos Aires |
Mayor of Tigre | |
In office 24 July 2009 – 25 November 2013 | |
Preceded by | Julio Zamora |
Succeeded by | Julio Zamora |
In office 10 December 2007 – 23 July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Hiram Gualdoni |
Succeeded by | Julio Zamora |
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers | |
In office 23 July 2008 – 7 July 2009 | |
President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
Preceded by | Alberto Fernández |
Succeeded by | Aníbal Fernández |
Executive Director of the National Social Security Administration | |
In office 23 January 2002 – 10 December 2007 | |
President | Eduardo Duhalde (2002–2003) Néstor Kirchner (2003–2007) |
Preceded by | Gustavo Macchi |
Succeeded by | Claudio Moroni |
Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires | |
In office 10 December 1999 – 22 January 2002 | |
Constituency | First Electoral Section |
Personal details | |
Born | Sergio Tomás Massa 28 April 1972 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Political party | Renewal Front (since 2013) Unión por la Patria (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | Union of the Democratic Centre (1989–1995) Justicialist (1995–2013) Front for Victory (2007–2013) United for a New Alternative (2015–2017) 1País (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Belgrano |
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Sergio Tomás Massa (born 28 April 1972) is an Argentine politician who was a candidate for President of Argentina in the 2023 election. He became the country's Minister of Economy on 2 August 2022. He was the president of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2019 until 2022. He was also a national deputy for Buenos Aires Province.
Massa is the founder of the peronist Renewal Front. He was Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers from 2008 to 2009 under Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
He was a former member of the Justicialist Party. He founded a new political party, the Renewal Front, in 2013.
As the leader of the United for a New Alternative coalition, Massa ran for president in 2015, finishing third in the first round of voting with 21% of the vote.
In 2023, he ran for president for a second time as part of the Union for the Homeland coalition in October 2023. He won 36.6% of votes to Javier Milei's 29.9%, leading to a November run-off.[1] He would go on to lose the November run-off to Milei by a margin of nearly 12%.[2]
References
- ↑ Phillips, Tom (23 October 2023). "Argentina: leftists celebrate after far-right Milei fails to win election victory". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Argentina elections: Political outsider Javier Milei wins presidency". United Press International. November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.