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Martín Menem
Argentine lawyer, businessman and politician
Martín Alexis Menem (born 19 April 1975) is an Argentine lawyer, businessman and politician, elected national deputy for La Rioja. He served as provincial deputy of La Rioja between 2021 and 2023. He was appointed to preside over the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies as of December 10, 2023.[1]
Martín Menem | |
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| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Moreau |
| National Deputy | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | La Rioja |
| Provincial Deputy of La Rioja | |
| In office 10 December 2021 – 7 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Capital Department |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-04-19) 19 April 1975 (age 49) La Rioja Province, Argentina |
| Political party | La Libertad Avanza (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Union of the Democratic Centre (formerly) |
| Children | 2 |
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Martín was born on 19 April 1975, in the Argentine province of La Rioja. Son of the former senator, Eduardo Menem and the social worker, Susana Cristina Valente. He is the nephew of former president Carlos Menem. At the age of fifteen he moved to the City of Buenos Aires.
In 1997, after studying law at the Universidad de Belgrano, he obtained his law degree. He later founded “Gentech”, a dietary supplement company.[2]
He entered politics in 2021 with the help of La Libertad Avanza, the coalition led by Javier Milei, with whom he held a joint electoral event, this being the only one carried out by him outside the City of Buenos Aires.[3]
He was a candidate for governor of La Rioja, in the provincial elections of May 2023. He was defeated, coming third with 14.70% of the votes, against the Peronist candidate Ricardo Quintela who obtained 52.63% of the votes.[4]
He was elected national deputy in the 2023 legislative elections, representing La Rioja, for La Libertad Avanza (which had been founded as a provincial party in said district) with 38.01% of the votes. Although, on 7 December, he was elected as president of the Chamber of Deputies by all the parliamentary blocs, with the exception of the Left Front bloc, which abstained.[5]
Executive
| Election | Office | List | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ||||||
| 2023 | Governor of La Rioja | La Libertad Avanza | 28,926 | 14.70% | 3rd | Not elected | [6] | |
Legislative
| Election | Office | List | # | District | Votes | Result | Ref. | |||
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| Total | % | P. | ||||||||
| 2021 | Provincial Deputy | Union of the Democratic Centre | 1 | Capital Department | 15,810 | 11.55% | 3rd[lower-alpha 1] | Elected | [7] | |
| 2023 | National Deputy | La Libertad Avanza | 1 | La Rioja Province | 85,794 | 38.01% | 2nd[lower-alpha 1] | Elected | [8] | |
- Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.
- Clarín, Redacción (7 December 2023). "Asumió Martín Menem como presidente de la Cámara de Diputados y pidió bajar los gastos en el Congreso: "Como dijo Milei, no hay plata"". Clarín. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- Valleboni, Gabriela (19 September 2021). "Cómo es Gentech, la compañía pionera de suplementos dietarios que factura $ 116 millones". Forbes Argentina (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- "Martín Menem, un empresario riojano con linaje político y discurso "anticasta"". Página 12 (in Spanish). 2 December 2023. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- "Quintela fue reelecto por amplio margen y los libertarios quedaron en un lejano tercer lugar". Télam (in Spanish). 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- "MARTIN MENEM FUE ELEGIDO COMO PRESIDENTE DE LA CÁMARA DE DIPUTADOS DE LA NACIÓN". Diputados Argentina (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- "Escrutinio Definitivo" (PDF). boletinoflarioja.com.ar (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de La Rioja. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- "Escrutinio Definitivo" (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- "Escrutinio Definitivo". Cámara Nacional Electoral (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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| Preceded by | President of the Chamber of Deputies 2023–present |
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