Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
| Horacio Rodríguez Larreta | |
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| 6th Chief of Government of Buenos Aires | |
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Assumed office 10 December 2015 |
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| Deputy | Diego Santilli |
| Preceded by | Mauricio Macri |
| Chief of cabinet of ministers of Buenos Aires | |
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In office December 10, 2007 – December 9, 2015 |
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| Born |
December 10, 1965 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Republican Proposal |
| Other political affiliations |
Justicialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bárbara Diez |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (Buenos Aires, October 29, 1965) is an Argentine politician and current Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Larreta was born in Buenos Aires on October 29, 1965. He was educated at Escuela Argentina Modelo. He graduated with a degree in economics at the University of Buenos Aires in 1988 and obtained a Master in Business Administration in Harvard Business School. He returned to Argentina in 1993. He was appointed director of the ANSES in 1995, during the presidency of Carlos Menem. In 1998 he moved to the Ministry of Social Development. He led the PAMI in 2000, during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, and improved the financial structure of the organization even though under his tenure renowned surgeon René Favaloro committed suicide, allegedly due to the mismanagement of PAMI causing several lacks of funding forcing the closure of Dr. Favaloro's clinic.
He helped Mauricio Macri to create the political party Commitment to Change, which would eventually become the Republican Proposal (PRO). Macri became the mayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, and Larreta has served as chief of the cabinet of ministers of the city since then.
Larreta and Gabriela Michetti ran for the primary elections of PRO in 2015, with Larreta ultimately winning the party's support for mayorship of Buenos Aires. On July 5, 2015, Larreta won 45% of the vote, forcing a runoff with ECO candidate Martín Lousteau, who secured 28% of the vote.
Mauricio Macri was elected president of Argentina in 2015, and Larreta was elected the new mayor of Buenos Aires, narrowly defeating Martín Lousteau in a tight two-round election. Macri transferred a part of the Argentine Federal Police to Buenos Aires, as it was requested by the city since many years before. With the police under his control, Larreta went on to remove the manteros (streetwalk vendors) from the Caballito and Once neighborhoods. In 2017, Larreta formed the Buenos Aires City Police, merging officers from the Federal and Metropolitan police forces.
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