Marcos Peña | |
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| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Santiago Cafiero |
| Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1977-03-15)15 March 1977 (age 48) |
| Political party | Republican Proposal (2005–present) Commitment to Change (2003–2005) |
| Other political affiliations | Juntos por el Cambio (2015–present) |
| Alma mater | Torcuato di Tella University |
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Marcos Peña (born March 15, 1977) is anArgentine politician, author and political scientist who served asChief of the Cabinet of Ministers duringMauricio Macri's presidency.
Previously, he wasLegislator of the City of Buenos Aires byCommitment to Change. He is one of the most important members ofRepublican Proposal and ledMauricio Macri's presidential campaigns of2015 and2019.
Marcos Peña was born on March 15, 1977, inBuenos Aires. Peña is the son of Félix Peña, a foreign trade specialist, and Clara Braun, an academic. He is the grandson of the Argentine physiologist,Eduardo Braun-Menéndez. He attended his first years of elementary school at Wayside Elementary School inPotomac, Maryland,United States, as his parents lived abroad. He returned toArgentina and completed high school in Buenos Aires.[1] He graduated with a degree in political sciences from theTorcuato di Tella University.
While studying political science, Peña volunteered in the presidential campaign ofJosé Octavio Bordón (FREPASO) in 1995. He then worked ad honorem with his father in the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade of theCarlos Menem government, where he metGabriela Michetti.
In 2003 he helped the gestation ofCommitment to Change, which would later beRepublican Proposal, popularly known asPRO, a new party led byMauricio Macri in the City of Buenos Aires. That year, he waselected aLegislator for the Buenos Aires City.
In 2005, Macri appointed Marcos Peña as the first chairman of PRO's youth wing.
WhenMauricio Macri becamemayor of Buenos Aires in 2007, Peña was designated General Secretary of theCity of Buenos Aires.
He was appointed as chief of communication for the2015 Mauricio Macri's campaign. He is considered one of the closest leaders toMauricio Macri and one of theCambiemos figures in the presidential campaign.[2] In November 2015, after being elected, Macri appointed him asChief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentine Nation.[3]
After the victory, thanks to his advice, Mauricio Macri began to introduce political, social and economic changesgradually and avoid usingshock therapy.[4]
On December 28, 2017, he ordered a press conference where he,Nicolás Dujovne,Luis Caputo, and the president of theCentral Bank of Argentina,Federico Sturzenegger announced the change ininflation targets. Several economists repudiated the intervention of an independent institution that caused an acceleration ininflation and loss ofreserves.[5]
In 2002, he married journalist Luciana Mantero, with whom he has two children. Peña was also a fellow of the CIPPEC organization and the Poder Ciudadano Foundation.
In May 2013 he presented the book “We are: An open invitation.” A series of stories compiled by him andAlejandro Rozitchner, which brings together testimonies of leaders, officials and militants of the PRO.
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