Juan Manuel Abal Medina Jr.
Juan Manuel Abal Medina | |
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National Senator | |
In office 29 December 2014 – 10 December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández |
Constituency | Buenos Aires |
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers | |
In office 10 December 2011 – 20 November 2013 | |
President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández |
Succeeded by | Jorge Capitanich |
Communications Secretary | |
In office 12 January 2011 – 10 December 2011 | |
President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
Preceded by | Enrique Albistur |
Succeeded by | Alfredo Scoccimarro |
Secretary of Public Management | |
In office 1 August 2008 – 12 January 2011 | |
President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
Preceded by | Daniel Fihman |
Succeeded by | Juan José Ross |
Personal details | |
Born | Latin American Social Sciences Institute | 5 May 1968
Juan Manuel Abal Medina (born 5 May 1968) is an Argentine academic, political scientist, and author. He was appointed Communications Secretary by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2011, and served as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina from December 2011 to November 2013. He was a national senator for Buenos Aires Province from 2014 to 2017.
Early life
Abal Medina was born in
Upon Abal Medina's return to Argentina, he enrolled at the
Political career
He entered public service in 2000 as Director of the National Public Administration Institute under President
The latter appointment coincided with the President's replacement of
Abal Medina served concurrently as congressional political adviser to
In 2011, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner named Abal Medina as Cabinet Chief for her newly elected term to replace Aníbal Fernández, who was elected to a seat in the Argentine Senate.[5]
In 2012, Medina and National Treasury Attorney Angelina Abbona filed a complaint against judge Luis Antonio Armella, head of Federal Court No. 1 of Quilmes, because a group of companies linked to him had obtained valuable contracts for the cleanup of the Matanza River basin without bidding.[6]
Bibliography
- El federalismo electoral argentino. Sobrerrepresentación, reforma política y gobierno dividido en la Argentina (EUDEBA, 2001), with Ernesto Calvo.
- El asedio a la política. Los partidos latinoamericanos en la era neoliberal (Homo Sapiens, 2002), with Marcelo Cavarozzi.
- Los partidos políticos: ¿un mal necesario? (Claves para Todos, 2004).
- Muerte y Resurrección de la Representación Política (Fondo De Cultura Económica, 2004).
- Los senderos de la nueva izquierda partidaria (Prometeo, 2006).
- Evaluando el desempeño democrático de las instituciones políticas argentinas (Prometeo, 2007).
- Participación y Control ciudadanos: el funcionamiento de los mecanismos institucionales electorales y societales de accountability vertical en la Argentina (UBACyT/UNSAM/FIDENTIA, 2007), with Marcelo Cavarozzi.
References
- ^ Anoro, Patricia Alejandra (2018). "Militancia y juventud en tiempos kirchneristas: la identidad política de La Cámpora y la JP Evita de La Plata" (PDF) (in Spanish). National University of General San Martín: 108.
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(help) - ^ "Abal Medina, un "hijo" de Montoneros que en 2002 ya admiraba a Kirchner" [Abal Medina, a "son" of Montoneros, is admired by Kirchner in 2002]. Diario Perfil. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Juan Manuel Abal Medina: curriculum vitae" (PDF). University of Buenos Aires School of Social Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "Juan Manuel Abal Medina: un paladín intelectual del libretto" [Juan Manuel Abal Medina: An intellectual champion of script]. La Nación. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ Banks, Hollie. "Abal Medina asume en la Secretaría de Administración Pública" [Abal Medina assumed in the Ministry of Public Administration]. Diario El Argentino. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- Página/12(in Spanish). 6 November 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
External links
- Secretaría de Comunicación Pública (in Spanish)
- Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros (in Spanish)