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REDIRECCIÓN Carlos Salomón Heller

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+#REDIRECCIÓN [[Carlos Salomón Heller]]
-[[File:Carols Heller and Carlos Tomada (2009).jpg|thumb|240px|Carlos Heller (''left'') shares the stage with Labor Minister [[Carlos Tomada]] in a 2009 campaign rally.]]
-'''Carlos Heller''' (born October 17, 1940) is an Argentine executive, [[cooperative banking]] leader, and politician.
-==Life and times==
-===The cooperative movement===
-Carlos Heller was born in rural Villa Dominguez (near [[Villaguay]], [[Entre Ríos Province]]), in 1940, to a [[Argentine Jew|Jewish]] family. The Hellers relocated to [[Buenos Aires]] in 1950, and Carlos completed his secondary schooling in a [[vocational]] school. He married Ether Sosa in 1962, and the couple had two children. Losing his post in an auto parts manufacturer due to layoffs, Heller was hired as an administrative assistant in one of Buenos Aires' then-numerous [[credit union]]s, in 1963; in 1974, he was named to the board of directors of the ''Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos'' (Argentine credit unions' coordinating body).<ref name=vida>[http://www.carlosheller.com.ar/temas/mi-vida/ Carlos Heller: mi vida {{es icon}}]</ref>
-The [[National Reorganization Process|military dictatorship]] installed in 1976 brought with it an ultra-conservative Economy Minister, [[José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz]]. Following a round of [[wage freeze]]s (amid 400% inflation), Martínez de Hoz further threatened community banks in February 1977 with his Financial Entities Law. The measure prohibited [[non-profit]] banking and raised minimum capital requirements to US$10 million, both of which precluded most smaller [[credit union]]s in the country at the time. This and further measures enacted by the Economy Minister in 1977 encouraged the dramatic growth of [[investment banking]] in Argentina - particularly the financing of [[speculation]]. This adversely affected credit unions further by allowing larger, commercial banks to offer depositors exotic investment vehicles with high yields.<ref name=archive>[http://www.archicoop.com.ar/documentos/banco_credicoop.pdf Banco Credicoop: 25 años de trayectoria {{es icon}}]</ref><ref name=lewis>Lewis, Paul. ''The Crisis of Argentine Capitalism''. University of North Carolina Press, 1990.</ref> As credit unions closed, Heller and other leaders in the sector met in a [[Villa Ortúzar]] co-op in 1978 to discuss the creation of a unified credit union; in November, they petitioned the [[Central Bank of Argentina]] to charter ''[[Credico-op Bank|Banco Credicoop]]''. Receiving the Central Bank's charter in February 1979, the new institution named Carlos Heller its first General Manager.<ref name=vida/>
-Even as community banks closed, unregulated investment banks proliferated in Argentina during the late 1970s; the practice collapsed between 1980 and 1982, however, and hundreds of these unregulated financial houses, as well as numerous banks, closed.<ref name=lewis/>
-===Tenure at Boca Juniors football club===
-[[Antonio Alegre]] invited Heller to run with him for the vice-presidency of the [[Boca Juniors]] football team, one of Argentina's (and the world's) most prominent. Elected in 1985, Alegre and Heller inherited a financially insolvent football club and a stadium unable to meet municipal safety requirements. Selling land near Buenos Aires' waterfront for US$21 million, they were able to recover the club's finances and refurbish the iconic [[Estadio Alberto J. Armando|Bombonera]] stadium. The duo was narrowly defeated for re-election by [[Mauricio Macri]], in 1995.<ref>[http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/01/03/01576706.html Olé: Antonio Alegre {{es icon}}]</ref> Heller has been nominated numerous times for the presidency of the [[Argentine Football Association]] (AFA), though his prospective candidacy has been reportedly opposed by the AFA's longtime head, [[Julio Grondona]].<ref>[http://www.gacemail.com.ar/Detalle.asp?NotaID=5843 Gacemail: Entrevista a Carlos Heller {{es icon}}]</ref>
-===Politics===
-Long a [[socialist]], Heller publicly entered the fractious realm of [[Politics of Argentina|Argentine politics]] in 2004, when he joined the [[Rosario]] Group, a left-leaning [[advocacy group]].<ref>[http://www.artemisanoticias.com.ar/site/notas.asp?id=1&idnota=4311 Artemisa Noticias: Carlos Heller {{es icon}}]</ref> Heller formed the Solidary Party ahead of the [[Argentine general election, 2007|2007 elections]], obtaining the support of Congressman [[Miguel Bonasso]] and former Buenos Aires Mayor [[Aníbal Ibarra]], who had been impeached a year earlier over accusations of negligence in a tragic New Year's Eve 2004 [[República Cromañón nightclub fire|nightclub fire]]. Heller was [[Daniel Filmus]]' running mate for the post of Mayor of Buenos Aires. A close ally of President [[Néstor Kirchner]], Filmus proceeded to a [[runoff election]]; but he and Heller were amply defeated by the center-right [[Republican Proposal]] candidate, [[Mauricio Macri]].
-For the [[Argentine legislative election, 2009|Argentine legislative elections of 2009]] Heller became a candidate for a seat at the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|lower chamber]] for the City of Buenos Aires. His candidacy was on top of the joint ticket of his own [[Solidarity Party (Argentina)|Solidarity Party]] ('''''PSOL''''') and the [[Kirchnerism|Kirchnerist]] [[Front for Victory]]. In one of the most important and competitive electoral districts of Argentina, Heller secured a seat in Congress obtaining 12% of the vote, its ticket placed fourth.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/06/28/um/m-01948181.htm ''Clarín'': Primeros datos de capital {{es icon}}]</ref>
-==References==
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-==External links==
-* [http://www.carlosheller.com.ar/ Carlos Heller's website]
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-[[Category:Cooperative organisers]]
-[[Category:Argentine activists]]
-[[Category:Argentine businesspeople]]
-[[Category:People from Entre Ríos Province]]
-[[Category:Argentine Jews]]
-[[Category:1940 births]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies]]
-[[Category:Argentine football chairmen and investors]]
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