Martín Lousteau
Martín Lousteau (born 8 December 1970) is an Argentine economist and politician of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He is National Senator for Buenos Aires. Since 2023, he has been President of the UCR National Committee.
Martín Lousteau | |
|---|---|
| President of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union | |
| Assumed office 17 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Gerardo Morales |
| National Senator | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Argentine Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 3 April 2017 | |
| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Nahón |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Oris de Roa |
| Minister of Economy and Production | |
| In office 10 December 2007 – 24 April 2008 | |
| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Miguel Gustavo Peirano |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Rafael Fernández |
| President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 28 December 2005 – 9 December 2007 | |
| Governor | Felipe Sola |
| Preceded by | Jorge Sarghini |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Francos |
| Minister of Production of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 12 August 2005 – 28 December 2007 | |
| Governor | Felipe Sola |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Lopetegui |
| Succeeded by | Débora Giorgi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1970 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union (2017–present) Independent (2005–2017) |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2007–2008) Broad Front UNEN (2013–2015) Evolution (2015–2019) Juntos por el Cambio (2019–present) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Gaspar Lousteau (b. 2013) |
| Alma mater | University of San Andrés London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Economist |
He was Minister of Economy under the administration of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from December 2007 to April 2008. At the age of 37, he was the youngest person to occupy this office in more than five decades.
Lousteau served as the Argentine Ambassador to the United States from 2015 to 2017. In 2017, Lousteau joined the UCR but was not part of Cambiemos in the Argentine Congress.
From 2013 to 2019, he was a National Deputy, representing Buenos Aires. He resigned his bench at the Chamber of Deputies to be sworn in as Senator on 10 December 2019.