Javier Milei

He was a national deputy for Buenos Aires from 2021 to 2023 and has been President of Argentina since 10 December 2023. He is named among the possible contenders in the 2027 Argentine presidential election, to be held on 24 October 2027.

Career

Born in 1970 in Buenos Aires, Milei worked as an economist, including about fifteen years as chief economist at Corporación América, and became a well-known television pundit in the 2010s. He led the Libertarian Party from 2019 to 2024, was elected a national deputy for Buenos Aires in 2021, and served until 2023. He won the presidency in the November 2023 runoff against Sergio Massa and took office on 10 December 2023. Since 2024 he has belonged to La Libertad Avanza.

Positions

Wikipedia describes Milei as a right-wing populist and libertarian who follows the Austrian school of economics and supports laissez-faire policies. In office he has prioritised austerity, deregulation and spending cuts. According to Wikipedia, annual inflation fell from about 300% in May 2024 to roughly 56% by March 2025, about 52,000 public posts were cut, and the government recorded fiscal surpluses for six consecutive months, the first since 2008.

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