Jorge Macri
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Jorge Macri (Born, March 5, 1965) is an Argentine politician and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires since December 7, 2023.
Jorge Macri | |
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Chief of Government of Buenos Aires | |
Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
Deputy | Clara Muzzio |
Preceded by | Horacio Rodríguez Larreta |
Minister of Government of Buenos Aires | |
In office 2 December 2021 – 10 December 2023 | |
Mayor | Horacio Rodríguez Larreta |
Preceded by | Bruno Screnci Silva |
Mayor of Vicente López | |
In office 12 December 2011 – 1 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Enrique García Tomé |
Succeeded by | Soledad Martínez |
Personal details | |
Born | Tandil, Argentina | 5 March 1965
Political party |
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Other political affiliations | Juntos por el Cambio (since 2015) |
Spouse(s) |
María Belén Ludueña (m. 2022) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Mauricio Macri (first cousin) |
Residence | Buenos Aires |
Occupation |
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Website | Campaign website |
Political career
changeIn 2001, alongside his cousin and former President Mauricio Macri, he founded the Creer y Crecer Foundation. In 2004, together with other leaders, he founded the PRO party at the provincial level. In 2005, he was elected as the party's first deputy in the Province of Buenos Aires until 2007. In December of that same year, he became the president of the PRO bloc in the provincial Chamber of Deputies. He served as the mayor of Vicente López, achieving the party's first victory in the Buenos Aires territory in October 2011.
After three terms in office, in 2021, he took a leave of absence from the mayoralty to assume his current position in the government of the City of Buenos Aires, leaving Soledad Martínez, the first councilor on the list, as interim mayor. In June 2023, he officially resigned, and Martínez assumed the role of Mayor. In 2023, he was inaugurated as the Head of Government of Buenos Aires City.