Luis Petri | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| President | Javier Milei |
| Preceded by | Jorge Taiana |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Mendoza |
| Provincial Deputy of Mendoza | |
| In office 1 May 2006 – 9 December 2013 | |
| Constituency | Section II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1977-04-01)1 April 1977 (age 48) San Martín, Mendoza, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union (2010–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Social and Civic Agreement (2009–2011) Juntos por el Cambio (2015–2023) |
| Domestic partner | Cristina Pérez (2021–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | National University of the Littoral |
Luis Alfonso Petri (born 1 April 1977) is an Argentine politician who is serving as the country'sMinister of Defense since 2023 under presidentJavier Milei. Previously, from 2013 to 2021, he was aNational Deputy elected inMendoza Province. Prior to serving as a member of the National Congress, he was a member of theLegislature of Mendoza from 2006 to 2013.
He wasPatricia Bullrich's running mate in the2023 presidential election, running as part of the "Force of Change" list within theJuntos por el Cambio coalition, coming third in the first round.
Petri was born on 1 April 1977 inSan Martín, Mendoza. He studied law at theNational University of the Littoral (UNL), later working as a private lawyer at his own firm.[1]
Petri became involved in politics as a member of theJuventud Radical, the youth wing of theRadical Civic Union (UCR). He was elected vice president of the Mendoza Juventud Radical in 2003, and from 2003 to 2006 he was legislative secretary of theMendoza Province Senate.[1]
In the 2005 provincial legislative elections, he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in Section II as part of the UCR list, and became elected with 33.90% of the vote. He took office on 1 May 2006. He was re-elected to a second term as part of theFederal Civic Front list in the 2009 elections with 51.76% of the vote. During his time in the provincial legislature he specialized in matters of security and law and order, authoring a bill to make crimes withaggravating circumstancesnon-commutable.[2]
In the2013 legislative election, Petri ran for one of Mendoza's seats in theArgentine Chamber of Deputies. He was the third candidate in the UCR list, behindJulio Cobos and Patricia Giménez, and was elected with 47.69% of the vote. He was re-elected in2017 as part of theCambiemos coalition.
As a national deputy, Petri formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Internal Security, Addiction Prevention and Drug-trafficking Control, Transport, Communications and Information, Criminal Legislation, Justice, and General Legislation.[1] He was second vice-president of the Chamber from 2017 to 2019, during the presidency ofEmilio Monzó.[3]
He voted against thelegalization of abortion in Argentina twice: in 2018 and 2020.[4][5]
In 2023, he sought theJuntos por el Cambio nomination to run forGovernor of Mendoza, running against former governor and fellow UCR memberAlfredo Cornejo. He received 17.4% of thePASO votes against Cornejo's 26.7%.[6] On 22 June 2023, presidential hopefulPatricia Bullrich of theRepublican Proposal party announced Petri would be her running mate in the2023 presidential election, as part of the "Force of Change" list within theJuntos por el Cambio coalition.[7]
Petri has one child.[1] Since 2021 he has been in a relationship with journalist andTelefé newscasterCristina Pérez.[7]
| Election | Office | List | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||
| 2023 PASO | Governor of Mendoza | Cambia Mendoza | 166,758 | 17.4% | 3rd[a] | Not elected[b] | [8] | |
| 2023 | Vice President of Argentina | Juntos por el Cambio | 6,379,023 | 23.81% | 3rd | Not elected | ||
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2005 | Provincial Deputy | Radical Civic Union | 1 | Section II | 57,678 | 33.90% | 1st[c] | Elected | [9] | |
| 2009 | Provincial Deputy | Federal Civic Front | 1 | Section II | 105,679 | 51.76% | 1st[c] | Elected | [10] | |
| 2013 | National Deputy | Radical Civic Union | 3 | Mendoza Province | 487,372 | 47.69% | 1st[c] | Elected | [11] | |
| 2017 | National Deputy | Cambia Mendoza | 2 | Mendoza Province | 491,012 | 45.73% | 1st[c] | Elected | [12] | |
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