Axel Kicillof
Axel Kicillof | |
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Kicillof in 2024 | |
| Governor of Buenos Aires | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2019 | |
| Vice Governor | Verónica Magario |
| Preceded by | María Eugenia Vidal |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Minister of Economy and Public Finances | |
| In office 18 November 2013 – 10 December 2015 | |
| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Hernán Lorenzino |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso Prat-Gay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1971 |
| Party | Justicialist (since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2011–2017) Citizen's Unity (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Homeland Force (since 2023) |
| Spouse | Soledad Quereilhac |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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Axel Kicillof (Spanish: [ˈaksel kisiˈlof], born 25 September 1971) is an Argentine economist and politician who has been Governor of Buenos Aires Province since 2019. He is a member of the peronist left political coalition Homeland Force (formerly Union for the Homeland). Kicillof also served as Argentina's Minister of Economy from 2013 to 2015 under the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Kicillof was instrumental in the 2012 renationalization of YPF. It was on his advice that Fernández de Kirchner decided not to meet holdout bondholder demands to be repaid what they were owed in 2014.
Kicillof has been a firm believer in Keynesian economics. A longtime professor of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, he is known for his unorthodox haircut and dress code.