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Silvina Batakis

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Silvina Batakis
Minister of Habitat and Urban Development of Buenos Aires Province
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 December 2023
GovernorAxel Kicillof
President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina
In office
5 August 2022 – 10 December 2023
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byEduardo Hecker
Succeeded byDaniel Tillard
Minister of Economy
In office
4 July 2022 – 3 August 2022
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byMartín Guzmán
Succeeded bySergio Massa
Secretary of Provinces
In office
27 December 2019 – 4 July 2022
PresidentAlberto Fernández
Preceded byAlejandro Caldarelli
Succeeded byBruno Ruggeri
Minister of Economy of Buenos Aires Province
In office
10 December 2011 – 10 December 2015
GovernorDaniel Scioli
Preceded byAlejandro Gaspar Arlía
Succeeded byHernán Lacunza
Personal details
Born (1968-12-27) 27 December 1968 (age 55)
Río Grande, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party
Other political
affiliations		Front for Victory (2007–2015)
Frente de Todos (2019–2023)
Union for the Homeland (2023-present)
Children1
EducationNational University of La Plata

Silvina Aída Batakis (born 27 December 1968) is an Argentine economist and politician. She currently works as the Minister of Habitat and Urban Development of Buenos Aires Province.[1] She was the President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina from 2022 to 2023, she also served as the Minister of Economy for a brief period in 2022. Previously, she served as Secretary of Provinces in the Ministry of the Interior and as economy minister of Buenos Aires Province under Governor Daniel Scioli from 2011 to 2015.

Early life

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Batakis was born in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, and grew up in Río Gallegos, Rafaela, Taco Pozo and La Plata. She graduated with a licenciatura in Economics from the National University of La Plata in 1993. Additionally, she holds a master's degree in public finances and a master's degree in environmental economy from the University of York.[2]

Political career

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Starting in 1992, Batakis held a number of public offices in the government of Buenos Aires Province. In 2009, she was appointed as cabinet chief and Secretary of Finances in the provincial economy ministry under Alejandro Arlía; in 2011, Governor Daniel Scioli designated Batakis as economy minister in her own right.[2]

As economy minister of Buenos Aires, Batakis introduced a reform in the provincial tax revenue distribution system. The reform resulted in a tax increase and lower subsidies from the provincial government in 60% of the province's districts,[3] and the provincial government had to request an additional $2,800 million ARS in order to supply the net loss.[4] The reform was criticised by then president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. In 2014, Batakis introduced a 30% spike in rural and urban property tax, excluding retirees and pensioners owning properties valued under $200,000.[5] In addition, a previously overturned inheritance tax was reintroduced.

During Scioli's 2015 presidential campaign, the then-governor announced Batakis was his pick for an eventual economy minister. Scioli lost the election against Mauricio Macri in the second round.[2]

In 2019, Batakis was designated as Secretary of Provinces in the Ministry of the Interior by President Alberto Fernández and interior minister Eduardo de Pedro. As secretary, Batakis headed the negotiations for a new fiscal consensus in order to grant Argentina's 23 provinces further financial autonomy and judicial stability for the Argentine tax system.[6]

The minister of economy Martín Guzmán resigned in 2022, amid an economic crisis. There were lengthy and conflictive negotiations between the factions of the Frente de Todos, which culminated in the appointment of Batakis, a vocal supporter of Cristina Kirchner's economic policies.[7]

She resigned from her position as Minister of Economy on 28 July 2022, 24 days after she had been appointed in that position.[8] President Alberto Fernandez designated her to become the new President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina on that same day.[9]

She assumed her position as President of the Banco de la Nación on 5 August 2022,[10] after being officially appointed to that position the previous day.[11]

After leaving her position in the national government, Axel Kicillof, the governor of Buenos Aires Province, appointed her as the Minister of Habitat and Urban Development of Buenos Aires Province on 13 December 2023.[1]

Personal life

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Batakis is nicknamed La Griega ("the Greek") referring to her Greek origins.[2] She has a son.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kicillof tomó juramento a los integrantes del gabinete provincial | Provincia de Buenos Aires". www.gba.gob.ar (in Spanish). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Quién es "la griega" Batakis, la economista que es fanática de Boca y va a la cancha sola". Clarín (in Spanish). 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ Morosi, Pablo (26 January 2012). "Recortan la coparticipación para el 60% de los municipios bonaerenses". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "La Nación girará nuevos fondos a Buenos Aires para completar los aguinaldos". Página 12 (in Spanish). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Se aprobó el Presupuesto y la ley Impositiva bonaerense". Minuto Uno (in Spanish). 14 November 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ "El Gobierno firma un nuevo Consenso Fiscal con 23 gobernadores". El Economista (in Spanish). 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ Mugica Díaz, Joaquín (3 July 2022). "Silvina Batakis será la nueva ministra de Economía". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. ^ Molina, Federico Rivas (28 July 2022). "La ministra de Economía de Argentina presenta su renuncia tras 24 días en el cargo". El País Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Silvina Batakis, nueva presidenta del Banco Nación". www.minutouno.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Oficializan la designación de Silvina Batakis como presidenta del Banco Nación". www.minutoar.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  11. ^ "BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - BANCO DE LA NACIÓN ARGENTINA - Decreto 457/2022". www.boletinoficial.gob.ar. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Quién es Silvina Batakis, la nueva ministra de Economía". La Nación (in Spanish). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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