Amado Boudou
Amado Boudou (born November 19, 1963 in Mar del Plata , Argentina ) is an Argentine businessman and was Vice President of the country under Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from December 10, 2011 to December 9, 2015. He won the post in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina 2011 .
Life
Boudou was born on November 19, 1963 in the Argentine coastal town of Mar del Plata , where he also went through his training. In 1986 Boudou graduated from the national Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata with a degree in economics. At that time he was considered a great friend of the Argentine rock scene and organized various rock concerts, including a festival with 15,000 spectators in Mar del Plata. In addition, he has been busy with motorcycles since that time.
Subsequently, Boudou took part in various graduate courses in economics and received a master's degree from the private Universidad del CEMA. Then Boudou worked as a businessman for Venturino Ehisur SA, a care provider. As he was very successful in business and was able to conclude various contracts with city hospitals, he rose quickly within the management. In 1995, the company went bankrupt because a major customer terminated its contract. As a result, Boudou participated in the founding of the company Ecoplata SA, also active in the health sector, which was then able to conclude contracts with the hospitals in the holiday resorts of Villa Gesell and Pinamar .
In 1998, Boudou joined the civil service when he was recruited for the controlling department of the state social insurance ANSES by the then Minister of Economics, Roque Fernández - also a student at CEMA . From 2001 he headed the controlling department at ANSES. After Juan Pablo de Jesús won the mayoral elections in La Costa County (Buenos Aires Province), Boudou worked there as financial secretary.
In 2006 Boudou returned to ANSES. The then head of social security, Sergio Massa , promoted Boudou to finance director. In October 2008, Boudou was appointed head of ANSES after Sergio Massa was appointed head of cabinet.
After President Kirchner's list connection Frente para la Victoria suffered heavy losses in the Argentine parliamentary elections in June 2009, the then Minister of Economic Affairs, Carlos Rafael Fernández, resigned. Kirchner then appointed Amado Boudou as the new Minister of Economics.
Due to the economic and financial crisis in 2008 and Argentina's already difficult financial situation on the credit market, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner decided to use the reserves of the Argentine Central Bank , whose president Martín Redrado resigned under her pressure. Boudou supported the presidents in this process. The presidents also decided to nationalize the pension fund, originally privately, again; Conceptually, Boudou was behind this nationalization.
On December 20, 2010, Boudou announced his candidacy for the office of mayor of the city of Buenos Aires for the list connection Frente para la Victoria . In the primaries, however, the list connection decided on Senator Daniel Filmus as a candidate.
In June 2011 the President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced her renewed candidacy for the office of President , Boudou ran for the office of Vice-President. He subsequently exercised this office, although Kirchner is said to have largely kept him away from government affairs. The reason for this was therefore also allegations of abuse of office on the part of the Argentine judiciary, which were related to Boudou's work as Minister of Economics in 2010. He was accused of preferring the printing company Ciccone Calcografia, which at the time was on the verge of bankruptcy and was restructured by means of tax breaks in exchange for 70% of the shares. Ciccone Calcografia had also produced the country's banknotes that were newly printed in 2012, as well as the advertising material for Kirchner's 2011 election campaign, which the public prosecutor interpreted as an abuse of office.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b La Nación
- ↑ a b c Amado Boudou: curriculum vitae
- ↑ a b c d e f Tjerk Brühwiller: Argentina's vice under indictment - suspected abuse of office . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . No. 148 . Zurich June 30, 2014, p. 5 .
- ↑ a b Perfil (October 25, 2008)
- ↑ Clarín (July 7, 2009)
- ↑ Clarín (January 22, 2010)
- ↑ El Argentino : Boudou lanza su precandidatura a Jefe de Gobierno ( Memento of July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Filmus-Tomada, la formula kirchnerista para la Capital , La Nación
- ↑ Cristina eligió a Boudou como su compañero de formula . Clarín . Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ↑ Argentina: Fernández introduces vice president for the presidential election . amerika21.de . Retrieved January 3, 2012.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boudou, Amado |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian businessman and minister of economy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mar del Plata , Argentina |