Jorge Taiana
Jorge Taiana | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 10 August 2021 – 10 December 2023 | |
| President | Alberto Fernández |
| Preceded by | Agustín Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Luis Petri |
| National Senator | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 9 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Succeeded by | Juliana Di Tullio |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2015 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship | |
| In office 1 December 2005 – 18 June 2010 | |
| President | Néstor Kirchner Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Rafael Bielsa |
| Succeeded by | Héctor Timerman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1950 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory (2003–2017) Unidad Ciudadana (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Alma mater | Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Jorge Enrique Taiana (born 31 May 1950) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who served as the country's Minister of Defense from 2021 to 2023. Taiana previously served as Foreign Minister in the administrations of President Néstor Kirchner and his successor, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from 2005 to 2010, and as a National Senator for Buenos Aires from 2019 to 2021.
His father was Jorge Alberto Taiana, colleague and physician of former President Juan Perón.
As of 2025, he is leading the Unión por la Patria in Buenos Aires Province list as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies.