Argentina's Cabinet Minister to leave office next year
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- 20 Oct 2022
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Argentine Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur Wednesday took part in a ministerial gathering at Casa Rosada after admitting he would leave his job “next year” to return to Tucumán.
Manzur is currently on unpaid leave as Governor of Tucumán, while Lieutenant Governor Osvaldo Jaldo has taken over on an interim basis. Rumor has it that the former Health Minister might try to reach Casa Rosada. He is banned from reelection as governor after serving two consecutive terms.
In any case, President Alberto Fernández will need a new Cabinet Chief for most of 2023 throughout the presidential race. The two most likely candidates are Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) Chief Agustín Rossi and Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, who held that position when Fernández took office.
Other officials reportedly planning to resign were Habitat Minister Jorge Ferraresi, who would return to the key Avellaneda district in the province of Buenos Aires, and Public Works Minister Gabriel Katopodis, who intends to return to his native San Martín, another vital territory in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA).
Both cases resemble that of former Social Development Minister Juan Zabaleta, who returned to Hurlingham, also on the outskirts of the Argentine capital. Read More...
