Gabriela Michetti

Gabriela Michetti

Michetti in 2016
Vice President of Argentina
Assumed office
10 December 2015
President Mauricio Macri
Preceded by Amado Boudou
National Senator of Argentina
from Buenos Aires
Assumed office
December 10, 2013
National Deputy
from Buenos Aires
In office
December 10, 2009 – December 9, 2013
Deputy Mayor
of the City of Buenos Aires
In office
December 10, 2007 – April 20, 2009
Preceded by Jorge Telerman
Succeeded by María Eugenia Vidal
Personal details
Born (1965-05-28) May 28, 1965
Laprida, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Political party Republican Proposal
Alma mater Universidad del Salvador
Profession International relations lawyer

Marta Gabriela Michetti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmarta ɣaˈβɾjela miˈketi]; born May 28, 1965) is an Argentine politician member of the Republican Proposal (PRO) and Cambiemos coalition. Michetti was Deputy Head of Government in Buenos Aires during the first tenure of Mayor Mauricio Macri. She has served as Senator for Buenos Aires since 2013. Michetti took office as Vice President of Argentina on December 10, 2015.[1] She is grandniece of former President Dr. Arturo Illia.[2]

Early life and education

Michetti was born in 1965 in the Buenos Aires Province town of Laprida. She earned a degree in International Relations at the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, in 1988.[3]

Political career

Municipal

Michetti entered public service in 1989 in the Province of Buenos Aires, and the following year joined the executive staff as a technical adviser at the Argentine Ministry of Economy. Although employed as a professional rather than as a politician, Michetti was political, working through her church on social projects and becoming close to Carlos Auyero of the Christian Democratic Party and FrePaSo.[4]

Michetti joined the Commitment to Change party led by Mauricio Macri in 2003. The party became part of the PRO movement, and she was elected that year to the Buenos Aires City Legislature, where she led the Commitment to Change caucus.[3] Michetti gained recognition in 2006 while leading the inquiry committee looking into alleged negligence after a fire at the República Cromagnon nightclub led to the deaths of 194 people. The scandal led to the resignation of Aníbal Ibarra, then mayor of Buenos Aires.

Michetti was nominated as running mate for Mauricio Macri in 2007,[4] and the ticket resulted elected to office of Mayor and Vice Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires with 61% of the vote, defeating Daniel Filmus and Carlos Heller of the Front for Victory.[5] Michetti thus became the first woman elected Deputy Mayor of Buenos Aires. She directed two planning committees, Programa Puertas del Bicentenario[6] and the Consejo de Planeamiento Estratégico, and drew from her personal tragedy to lead the newly created Commission for the Inclusion and Full Participation of Persons with Disabilities (COPIDIS).[7]

Michetti being received by the Vice-President of Brazil, Michel Temer in the Itamaraty Palace, Brasilia.

Legislative

Ahead of the 2009 elections for Congress, Michetti's name was frequently mentioned as a likely candidate for National Deputy, despite serving less than two years in municipal government. By April, her candidature appeared less likely given the manoeuvres of all the main parties.[8] Much had also been made of her friendship with the leader of the rival Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrió. However, on April 20, Michetti resigned as Deputy Head of Government and confirmed that she would lead the PRO list for Buenos Aires for national deputies.[9]

Vice presidency

She rejected to run for vice president under Macri in the 2015 national elections, and tried to run for mayor of Buenos Aires instead. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta defeated her during the primary elections, and would run for the Republican Proposal instead. Finally, she ran for vice president under Macri in 2015.

Michetti also collaborates with many NGOs to make possible for them to achieve their goals. In 2008 and 2009, for example she participated in the South American Business Forum as Speaker.

On November 22, 2015, after Cambiemos won the first ballotage in Argentina's history, Michetti became Vice President-elect of Argentina. She took office on December 10, 2015.[1][10][11]

Personal life

A car accident in 1994 seriously injured Michetti and left her in a wheelchair.[4] Michetti has one son and had a long relationship with the journalist Eduardo Cura.[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Elecciones 2015: minuto a minuto, los resultados para conocer al próximo presidente". www.lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  2. ↑ "El factor Michetti". La Nacion. 15 July 2007.
  3. 1 2 Biography of Gabriela Michetti, Buenos Aires City Government. Accessed 10 April 2009
  4. 1 2 3 4 Macri eligió a Michetti para su fórmula porteña, La Nación, 13 March 2007. Accessed 11 April 2009.
  5. ↑ Se duplicó el voto en blanco, La Nación, 24 June 2007.
  6. ↑ Programa Puertas del Bicentenario
  7. ↑ Commission for the Inclusion and Full Participation of Persons with Disabilities
  8. ↑ La candidatura de Michetti ahora se puso "en análisis", La Nación, 10 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Michetti renunció para ser candidata, La Nación, 21 April 2009.
  10. ↑ "Mauricio Macri wins historic presidential runoff". www.buenosairesherald.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  11. ↑ "Center-right candidate takes early lead in Argentina presidential election". latimes.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
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