Guillermo Alberto Francos (born 20 April 1950) is a politician and lawyer from Argentina, serving as Minister of Interior for Javier Milei since December 2023 until May 2024 when he was designated Chief of Cabinet to replace Nicolás Posse.
Guillermo Francos | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2024 | |
| President | Javier Milei |
| Preceded by | Nicolás Posse |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 10 December 2023 – 27 May 2024 | |
| President | Javier Milei |
| Preceded by | Eduardo de Pedro |
| Succeeded by | Lisandro Catalán (Secretary) |
| Representative of Argentina to the Inter-American Development Bank | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 25 September 2023 | |
| President | Alberto Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Barg |
| President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 13 December 2007 – 14 December 2011 | |
| Governor | Daniel Scioli |
| Preceded by | Martín Lousteau |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Marangoni |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 1997 – 18 September 2000 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Councilor of the City of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 1985 – 20 September 1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1950 Coronel Rosales Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Freedom Advances Action for the Republic (1997-2007) La Libertad Avanza (since 2023) |
Biography
editHe was born in Puerto Belgrano, a base of the Argentine Navy. Guillermo Francos graduated from the Universidad del Salvador in 1974 and worked as a lawyer from 1975 to 1989. During those years he worked at the Ministry of Justice from 1974 to 1978. He worked at several places, both in the state and private organizations. He was elected national deputy in 1997 as a member of the Action for the Republic party, he resigned in September 2000,[1] as he was appointed head of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. He was briefly president of Aerolíneas Argentinas, and then moved to the banks. He led the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires, Grupo Banco Provincia and Provincia Microempresas from 2007 to 2011 during the government of Daniel Scioli in the Province of Buenos Aires.[2] At the same time in 2008 he was named director of Visa Argentina and later on in 2012 he was named director of Corporación América, it was in this company where he first met Javier Milei who worked as the chief economist of the corporation.[3]
He was designated as the representative of Argentina to the Inter-American Development Bank by President Alberto Fernández in December 2019.[4] In August 2023 he resigned from this role to join Javier Milei's campaign team, one week after the results of the 2023 Argentine primary elections were announced.[5] The government would later designate Marcelo Barg to replace him as the representative to the IDB.[6]
Javier Milei was elected president in 2023 and appointed him Minister of the Interior. Milei got in conflicts with the provincial governors, so Francos tried to de-escalate said conflicts. He promoted the "Pact of May" proposed during the 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina.[7]
On 28 May 2024 he was designated Chief of Cabinet of Argentina, after the resignation of Nicolás Posse, and so left the Ministry of Interior.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Renunció a su banca Guillermo Francos". Revista Mercado. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Sourtech. "Un nuevo fichaje de Milei: quién es Guillermo Francos y qué rol ocupará si gana las elecciones - El Economista". eleconomista.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Alejandra Páez Triviño (December 9, 2023). "¿Quién es Guillermo Francos, elegido como ministro del Interior para el Gobierno de Javier Milei?" [Who is Guillermo Francos, elected as minister of Interior for the government of Javier Milei?] (in Spanish). CNN. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Guillermo Francos sería el ministro del Interior de un eventual gobierno de Javier Milei". LA NACION (in Spanish). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Guillermo Francos, elegido por Alberto Fernández en el BID, se sumó al equipo de Javier Milei | Otro que cambia de equipo". PAGINA12 (in Spanish). 21 August 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Marcelo Barg, del PJ sanjuanino al BID". Tiempo de San Juan (in Spanish). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Carlos Claá (March 15, 2024). "Guillermo Francos, el hombre detrás del Pacto de Mayo" [Guillermo Francos, the man behind the Pact of May] (in Spanish). Noticias. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Nicolás Posse renuncia a la Jefatura de Gabinete en el Gobierno de Milei". CNN. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.