Nicolás Posse

Nicolás Posse
Posse in 2023
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
In office
10 December 2023 – 27 May 2024
PresidentJavier Milei
Preceded byAgustín Rossi
Succeeded byGuillermo Francos
Personal details
Born (1965-02-04) 4 February 1965 (age 59)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
La Libertad Avanza
Children1
Alma materITBA
Cambridge University

Nicolás José Posse (born 4 February 1965) is an Argentine politician and industrial engineer who served as the country's Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers from December 2023 to May 2024 under president Javier Milei.[1] Before entering politics, Posse served as an executive at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. Posse served in a major strategic role in Javier Milei's 2023 presidential campaign.[2]

Early life

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Posse attended the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, graduating in 1989, and the University of Cambridge.[3]

Business career

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Posse began his career at Molinos Río de la Plata, before serving as the CEO of duty-free sales at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, a subset of Eduardo Eurnekian's Corporación América. Posse also served as head of project management in the "Aconcagua Bioceanic Corridor" between 2009 and 2017, an initiative to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a high-tech railway corridor. During this project, he met Javier Milei.[4]

Political career

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Since July 2023, within the framework of the presidential elections, Posse took unpaid leave to dedicate himself fully to the presidential campaign of Javier Milei, candidate of La Libertad Avanza. In the libertarian campaign, Posse was in charge of leading the technical teams of La Libertad Avanza. After Milei's electoral victory, Posse coordinated the transition and was present at the first meeting between president-elect Milei and outgoing president Alberto Fernández at Quinta de Olivos to discuss the transfer of command.[3]

Chief of Staff

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On 10 December 2023, he assumed office as Cabinet Chief of the Nation.[2] He resigned on 27 May 2024, being replaced by the former Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos.[1]

Personal life

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Posse is married and has one daughter.[4]

Posse is a mountaineer, climbing Aconcagua several times, and has run marathons.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nicolás Posse renunció como jefe de Gabinete: Milei designó a Guillermo Francos en su lugar". Perfil (in Spanish). 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. ^ a b "Explainer: Who's Who in Javier Milei's Cabinet? | AS/COA". www.as-coa.org. 2023-12-07. Archived from the original on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  3. ^ a b c "Nicolás Posse | El silencioso ingeniero del nuevo gobierno que conoció a Milei en "Siberia"". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2023-11-26. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  4. ^ a b Página|12 (2023-11-20). "Quién es Nicolás Posse, el futuro jefe de Gabinete de Javier Milei | Ingeniero y estratega de la campaña del libertario". PAGINA12 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Political offices
Preceded by Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
2023–2024
Succeeded by