The first round of the presidential election in Argentina is scheduled for October 22nd, with a possible runoff on November 19th.
The mayor of Buenos Aires, Rodríguez Larreta, announced this Thursday, the 23rd, that he will participate in the Argentine presidential race and will run for the candidacy of the center-right opposition coalition, Juntos, in the August primary elections. The first round of the presidential election in Argentina is scheduled for October 22nd, with a possible runoff on November 19th. “I want to be a good president”, said the mayor in a recorded message in which he called for “an end to hatred and the beginning of a great transformation”.
Rodríguez Larreta, 57, mayor since 2015, must compete within the Republican Proposal (PRO) – a party to which former president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) also belongs – with other political figures, such as the former Minister of Security and President of PRO, Patricia Bullrich, and former governor of Buenos Aires María Eugenia Vidal. Macri has not confirmed whether he intends to enter the race. Larreta has long been considered one of Argentina’s most “presidential” politicians.
Center-left president Alberto Fernández, whose term will end on December 10, said he was “willing” to seek re-election for the Peronist Frente de Todos, but has not yet formalized his pre-candidacy. His government suffered the wear and tear of an economy hit by inflation that closed 2022 at 94.8%, a record in the last 32 years.
In 1993, during the government of Carlos Menem (1989-1999), Larreta debuted in public management when he joined the Undersecretary of Investments of the Ministry of Economy. Two years later, he was named general manager of the National Social Security Administration and, in 1998, he became Undersecretary for Social Policies.
In 2000, during the government of Fernando de La Rúa (1999-2001), he was appointed president of the Institute of Social Security of the Province of Buenos Aires. At the end of 2001, he was appointed head of the General Directorate of Taxation and, after the serious economic, political and social crisis in the country, he threw himself into party politics at the hands of Macri, with whom he founded PRO (With international agencies)
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