Sergio Massa
Sergio Tomás Massa (born 28 April 1972) is an Argentine politician who is 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.
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| Minister of Economy | |
| Assumed office 3 August 2022 | |
| President | Alberto Fernández |
| Preceded by | Silvina Batakis (Economy) Daniel Scioli (Production) Julián Domínguez (Agriculture) |
| 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 Néstor Kirchner |
| 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 | 28 April 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Renewal Front (since 2013) Justicialist Party (1995–2013) Union of the Democratic Centre (1989–1995) |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2007–2013) United for a New Alternative (2015–2017) 1País (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (since 2019) |
| Spouse(s) | Malena Galmarini (m. 2001) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrano |
Massa is the founder and current leader 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.[1]
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Massa being sworn in as Cabinet Chief by President Cristina Fernández in 2008.
Mauricio Macri, Joe Biden, and Massa in 2016
1País lists in the 2017 legislative election, with Massa and Stolbizer as first and second candidates to the Senate for Buenos Aires.
Massa (far right) at the inauguration of Alberto Fernández.
Massa with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in March 2020.
