Sergio Massa

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.

Sergio Massa
Massa in 2020
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 (1972-04-28) 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)	Malena Galmarini ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Belgrano
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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. He would go on to lose the November run-off to Milei by a margin of nearly 12%.