Amado Boudou
Vice President of Argentina
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2011
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Julio Cobos
Minister of the Economy
In office 8 July 2009 – 10 December 2011
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Carlos Rafael Fernández
Succeeded by	Hernán Lorenzino
Executive Director of ANSES
In office 5 May 2008 – 7 July 2009
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Claudio Moroni
Succeeded by	Diego Bossio
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-19) 19 November 1963 (age 48) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Front for Victory Justicialist Party
Spouse(s)	Agustina Kämpfer (fiancée)
Alma mater	National University of Mar del Plata Center for Macroeconomic Studies of Argentina

Amado Boudou (born 19 November 1963) is an Argentine businessman and government policy maker who has served as the 35th Vice President of Argentina since December 2011. He was previously Minister of the Economy from 2009 to 2011.

Life and times[link]

Early life and career[link]

Amado Boudou was born in Buenos Aires, in 1963. He and his father, of French descent, share both their names and nicknames: Aimé.^[1] He was raised in the ocean-front city of Mar del Plata and enrolled in the National University of Mar del Plata, where he received a degree in Economics, in 1986; described by acquaintances as a sociable type and fond of the electric guitar, he helped produce a number of rock concerts in Mar del Plata in his days as a student, including a festival attended by 15,000 spectators.^[1][2]

Boudou attended graduate courses in economics and was awarded a masters degree in Economics by a private institution, the Argentine Macroeconomic Studies Center (CEMA), which is well-known locally for its support of neo-liberal and free market policies.^[1] Boudou was then brought in as a salesman by Venturino Ehisur S.A. (a local sanitation services company). Following his role in securing a number of lucrative hospital contracts for the company, he was named General Manager in 1992 of their government contracts office. The company closed, however, when one of its top municipal clients terminated the contract in 1995.^[3] He then co-founded Ecoplata S.A., another santitation services firm, and acted as its project manager; Ecoplata was awarded sanitation contracts by the resort cities of Villa Gesell and Pinamar.^[2]

Boudou entered public service in 1998, when he was named to the Comptroller's Office of the National Social Security Administration (ANSES) by Economy Minister Roque Fernández (a fellow CEMA alumnus),^[1] and in February 2001, he was named that office's General Manager. The election of Justicialist Party candidate Juan Pablo de Jesús as Mayor of the sea-side La Costa District resulted in Boudou's appointment as Finance Secretary for the popular resort district, which the policy maker accepted.^[2]

The Finance Secretary subscribed to the 2005 Federal Housing Plan promulgated by President Néstor Kirchner, a decision which made La Costa eligible for 486 low-income housing units. The contract, awarded to local builder Cantera FC in May 2005 for nearly US$10 million,^[3] was followed by Boudou's return to the ANSES, in January 2006.^[1] The Cantera FC contract resulted in an administrative debacle, however, when the builder abandoned the works in June 2007, having by then received over US$7 million in payments (for which the Mayor never initiated litigation).^[3]

National policy maker[link]

Returned to the ANSES by its Director, Sergio Massa, Boudou was named its Financial Director (a post second only to the director's in importance), and oversaw the voluntary conversion of several million private pension accounts to the ANSES' aegis when this choice was made available in December 2006. He was appointed its Director in October 2008, after Massa's promotion to the powerful post of Presidential Cabinet Chief.^[3]

Boudou's appointment coincided with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's controversial decision to transfer loss-plagued private pension funds' assets of nearly US$30 billion to the ANSES, citing the cost of subsidizing 77% of the funds' beneficiaries and the effects of the international crisis on the government's ability to obtain financing.^[4]

Following the ruling Front for Victory's defeat in the 28 June 2009, mid-term elections, Economy Minister Carlos Rafael Fernández tendered his resignation to the President, effective 7 July, and was replaced by the ANSES Director.^[5]

Fallout from the international, 2008 financial crisis later forced the left-wing Argentine government of President Cristina Kirchner to seek domestic financing for growing public spending, as well as for foreign debt service obligations. These policies and ongoing capital flight put further pressure on the Central Bank's ability to finance debt service obligations, and the president ordered a US$6.7 billion account opened at the Central Bank for the latter purpose in December 2009, implying the use of the Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves, and drawing direct opposition from the institution's President, Martín Redrado; Redrado was ultimately forced to resign.^[6]

Boudou presented a debt swap package on 3 May 2010, for the holders of over US$18 billion in bonds who did not participate in the 2005 Argentine debt restructuring prepared by former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna.^[7] These holdouts include numerous vulture funds which had eschewed the 2005 offer, and had instead resorted to the courts in a bid for higher returns on their defaulted bonds. These disputes had led to a number of liens against central bank accounts in New York and, indirectly, to reduced Argentine access to international credit markets.^[8]

In October 2010 Boudou compared Candelaria de la Sota and Martín Kanenguiser, journalists from Clarín and La Nación, with the people cleaning the gas chambers during the Holocaust.^[9] Kanenguiser requested clarification, but Boudou instead defended his statement.^[10] His attack was condemned by the FOPEA (an organization of journalists), members of the legislature,^[11] and the DAIA.^[12] The DAIA accused him of trivializing the holocaust, and Congressman Eduardo Amadeo demanded his resignation;^[12] Boudou later stated that this was a badly chosen metaphor.^[13]

The Economy Minister announced his bid on 20 December for the office of Mayor of Buenos Aires as a candidate in the Front for Victory primaries ahead of the 2011 race; hoping to solidify his base among the country's influential trade unions, he made the announcement at the headquarters of SMATA (the machinists' and auto workers' union).^[14] Ultimately, however, Senator Daniel Filmus was nominated on 20 May.^[15]

Vicepresidency[link]

Boudou was nominated as running mate on the Front for Victory ticket of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the 2011 elections.^[16] They won 23 October general election with 54% of the vote. Vice President Boudou assumed presidential duties for twenty days on 4 January 2012, while President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner underwent a thyroidectomy and convalesced.^[17]

The vice president faced accusations of influence peddling in 2012 regarding contracts awarded by the Economy Ministry to Ciccone Printing for the supply of 100 peso bills, license plates, and other government issues. The controversy arose following statements made by the ex-wife of Ciccone executive Alejandro Vanderbroele to the effect that Boudou was his silent partner in the firm. Pursuant to prosecutor Carlos Rívolo's request and following news that the Puerto Madero condominium rented by Boudou was owned by a friend of Vanderbroele who had, moreover, borrowed funds from Boudou, Judge Daniel Rafecas ordered the residence searched for proof of business associations between Vanderbroele and the vice president;^[18] a receipt for one month of homeowner association dues owed by the condominium's owner, Fabián Carosso, and paid instead by Vanderbroele was located in the search on 4 April.^[19]

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v t e Government of Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Vice President Amado Boudou Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Juan Manuel Abal Medina Ministers Florencio Randazzo (Interior) Héctor Timerman (Foreign Relations) Arturo Puricelli (Defense) Hernán Lorenzino (Economy) Julio de Vido (Federal Planning and Public Utilities) Julio Alak (Justice and Human Rights) Nilda Garré (Security) Alberto Sileoni (Education) Lino Barañao (Science, Technology and Innovative Production) Carlos Tomada (Labor, Employment and Social Security) Juan Luis Manzur (Health) Alicia Kirchner (Social Development) Débora Giorgi (Industry) Norberto Yauhar (Agriculture) Carlos Enrique Meyer (Tourism)

Boudou
Boudou
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Castelsarrasin
Canton	Moissac-1
Mayor	Marie-Thérèse Vissières (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	62–194 m (203–636 ft) (avg. 176 m or 577 ft)
Land area1	12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population2	652  (2006)
- Density	53 /km2 (140 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	82019/ 82200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°05′49″N 1°00′52″E / 44.0969°N 1.0144°E / 44.0969; 1.0144

Boudou is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.

See also[link]

• Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department

References[link]

• INSEE

v t e Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department Albefeuille-Lagarde Albias Angeville Asques Aucamville Auterive Auty Auvillar Balignac Bardigues Barry-d'Islemade Les Barthes Beaumont-de-Lomagne Beaupuy Belbèse Belvèze Bessens Bioule Boudou Bouillac Bouloc Bourg-de-Visa Bourret Brassac Bressols Bruniquel Campsas Canals Castanet Castelferrus Castelmayran Castelsagrat Castelsarrasin Castéra-Bouzet Caumont Le Causé Caussade Caylus Cayrac Cayriech Cazals Cazes-Mondenard Comberouger Corbarieu Cordes-Tolosannes Coutures Cumont Dieupentale Donzac Dunes Durfort-Lacapelette Escatalens Escazeaux Espalais Esparsac Espinas Fabas Fajolles Faudoas Fauroux Féneyrols Finhan Garganvillar Gariès Gasques Génébrières Gensac Gimat Ginals Glatens Goas Golfech Goudourville Gramont Grisolles L'Honor-de-Cos Labarthe Labastide-de-Penne Labastide-du-Temple Labastide-Saint-Pierre Labourgade Lacapelle-Livron Lachapelle Lacour Lacourt-Saint-Pierre Lafitte Lafrançaise Laguépie Lamagistère Lamothe-Capdeville Lamothe-Cumont Lapenche Larrazet Lauzerte Lavaurette Lavit Léojac Lizac Loze Malause Mansonville Marignac Marsac Mas-Grenier Maubec Maumusson Meauzac Merles Mirabel Miramont-de-Quercy Moissac Molières Monbéqui Monclar-de-Quercy Montagudet Montaigu-de-Quercy Montaïn Montalzat Montastruc Montauban Montbarla Montbartier Montbeton Montech Monteils Montesquieu Montfermier Montgaillard Montjoi Montpezat-de-Quercy Montricoux Mouillac Nègrepelisse Nohic Orgueil Parisot Perville Le Pin Piquecos Pommevic Pompignan Poupas Puycornet Puygaillard-de-Lomagne Puygaillard-de-Quercy Puylagarde Puylaroque Réalville Reyniès Roquecor Saint-Aignan Saint-Amans-de-Pellagal Saint-Amans-du-Pech Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val Saint-Arroumex Saint-Beauzeil Saint-Cirice Saint-Cirq Saint-Clair Sainte-Juliette Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont Saint-Georges Saint-Jean-du-Bouzet Saint-Loup Saint-Michel Saint-Nauphary Saint-Nazaire-de-Valentane Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave Saint-Paul-d'Espis Saint-Porquier Saint-Projet Saint-Sardos Saint-Vincent Saint-Vincent-Lespinasse La Salvetat-Belmontet Sauveterre Savenès Septfonds Sérignac Sistels Touffailles Tréjouls Vaïssac Valeilles Valence Varen Varennes Vazerac Verdun-sur-Garonne Verfeil Verlhac-Tescou Vigueron Villebrumier La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple Villemade

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Diego Bossio
Executive Director of ANSES
Incumbent
Assumed office July 8, 2009
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Amado Boudou
Personal details
Born	(1979-09-09) September 9, 1979 (age 32) Tandil
Nationality	Argentine
Spouse(s)	Valeria Loira
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires

Diego Bossio (born September 9, 1979) is an Argentine economist appointed Executive Director of ANSES, the national social insurance agency.

Life and times[link]

Bossio was born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, and earned a degree in Economics in 2002. He married the former Valeria Loria, and they had one daughter. He joined the Fundación Contemporánea, a think tank,^[1] and was brought on by economist Aldo Abraham as a member of his Exante consulting firm. He later served as policy adviser to Mendoza Senator Celso Jaque.^[2] Bossio entered public service as the Secretary of Public Management, a key policy advisory position, to Jaque upon the latter's election as Governor in 2007.^[3][1]

He was appointed Director of the Mendoza office of the Mortgage Bank, and on January 5, 2009, was named as the government's representative in the Board of Directors at the bank, a private-public partnership. Following a cabinet shakeup in July, Bossio succeeded the Executive Director of ANSES, Amado Boudou; Boudou was appointed Economy Minister.^[1] Bossio's wife had worked as an adviser to Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner before the latter's election as President of Argentina in 2007,^[1] and was subsequently appointed Adjunct Director of SIGEN, the federal comptroller's agency. Bossio's appointment as Director of ANSES, which controls nearly a third of the national budget, prompted her resignation, however.^[4]

Bossio's tenure at ANSES coincided with a number of significant new initiatives at the social insurance bureau. He oversaw implementation of the Universal Childhood Entitlement, a program fostering vaccination and higher school enrollment among the 30% of children living in poverty;^[5][6] as well as Conectar Igualdad, which purchased 3 million netbooks for secondary school students and teachers;^[7] and an initiative announced in April 2011 to include ANSES members in the Board of Directors of all 42 companies on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in which it holds a significant stake.^[8] Directors from the 15 companies affected (27 already had an ANSES board member) varied in their reaction to the initiative, from Banco Macro (which accepted the move), to Siderar (which entered into litigation with ANSES).^[9]

External links[link]

• ANSES

References[link]

Hernán Lorenzino
Minister of Economy of Argentina
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2011
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Amado Boudou
Secretary of Finance
In office April 25, 2008 – December 10, 2011
President	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Preceded by	Hugo Secondini
Succeeded by	Adrián Cosentino
Personal details
Born	(1972-03-05) March 5, 1972 (age 40) La Plata, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Alma mater	National University of La Plata

Hernán Gaspar Lorenzino (born March 5, 1972) is an Argentine lawyer and public policy maker. He was appointed Minister of Economy of Argentina by President Cristina Kirchner in 2011.

Life and times[link]

Lorenzino was born in La Plata in 1972.^[1] His family relocated to Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, in 1974, and Lorenzino was raised in the coastal Patagonia city. He met his future wife there, and together they enrolled at the National University of La Plata, where Lorenzino earned a Law degree and a Master's degree in public finance;^[1] he later earned a Master's degree in Economics at Torcuato di Tella University.^[2]

He was appointed Provincial Director of Funding Policy and Public Credit for the Province of Buenos Aires by Governor Felipe Solá in 2004, during which tenure he managed the redemption of the remaining Patacón bonds issued as complementary currency by Governor Carlos Ruckauf during the depths of the 2001 crisis.^[3]

Following the end of Solá's administration in 2007, Lorenzino was appointed Financial Representative for Argentina in Washington, D.C.^[1] The resignation of Economy Minister Martín Lousteau amid the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector in April, led to Lorenzino's appointment as Secretary of Finance for the new Economy Minister, the more conciliatory Carlos Rafael Fernández.^[4] Lorenzino managed the second phase of the Argentine debt restructuring in this capacity; its first phase had been initiated in 2005 by Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna, and had resulted in the renegotiation of two-thirds of the US$100 billion in sovereign bonds defaulted in 2001.^[5] The second phase, involving the renegotiation of US$18 billion in bonds retained by holdouts from the 2005 exchange, was completed in June 2010. Holders of two-thirds of this latter tranche accepted the offer prepared by Lorenzino, and the proportion of bonds rescued from default thus rose to over 92%.^[5]

Lorenzino also served in La graN maKro, a center-left economic and social policy think tank closely allied with Kirchnerism.^[2] Enjoying a good working relationship with Economy Minister Amado Boudou, Lorenzino was nominated to replace him when the latter was elected Vice President of Argentina in President Cristina Kirchner's landslide, 2011 reelection. Lorenzino was, moreover, the most pragmatic major official in Boudou's team with regards to the international bond market and the Paris Club of creditors,^[3] and the Minister-designate subsequently announced that debt restructuring would be acquire a greater policy relevance during his tenure.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Minsterio de Economía y Finanzas Publicas (Spanish)

v t e Government of Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Vice President Amado Boudou Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Juan Manuel Abal Medina Ministers Florencio Randazzo (Interior) Héctor Timerman (Foreign Relations) Arturo Puricelli (Defense) Hernán Lorenzino (Economy) Julio de Vido (Federal Planning and Public Utilities) Julio Alak (Justice and Human Rights) Nilda Garré (Security) Alberto Sileoni (Education) Lino Barañao (Science, Technology and Innovative Production) Carlos Tomada (Labor, Employment and Social Security) Juan Luis Manzur (Health) Alicia Kirchner (Social Development) Débora Giorgi (Industry) Norberto Yauhar (Agriculture) Carlos Enrique Meyer (Tourism)

Hugo Alberto Morales (born 30 July 1974 Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Hugo Morales at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hugo Morales – FIFA competition record

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