Mauricio Macri is an Argentine politician and the current president of the country
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Mauricio Macri is an Argentine politician and the current president of the country
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Mauricio Macri married his first wife Ivonne Bordeu in 1981. They had two daughters (Augustina and Gimena) and a son, Francisco together. The couple divorced in 1991.
He was married Isabel Menditeguy in 1994 but the couple separated in 1997.
Macri and his current spouse Juliana Awada, a textiles businesswoman, met at the Ocampo Gym through mutual friends. They got married on October 10, 2011. The couple resides at Quinta de Olivos.
Mauricio Macri was born on February 8, 1959, in Tandil, Buenos Aires to Francisco Macri and Alicia Blanco Villegas.
His father Franco was an Italian-born businessman and the founder of Argentina’s most influential corporate company, Macri Group.
He received his high-school diploma from the Cardinal Newman College in San Isidro.
Macri studied Civil Engineering at the Pontificial Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires.
He joined the Union of the Democratic Centre party to follow his interest in neo-liberalism.
Macri started his career as a junior analyst in SIDECO Americana S.A., a construction company belonging to his father's group of companies
In 1984, he joined the credit department of Citibank Argentina, in Buenos Aires.
The same year, he joined Socma and by next year, he became a general manager of the company.
In 1992 he became the vice president of an automobile company, Sevel Argentina, and climbed to the post of President of the company in 1994.
In 1995, Macri became the president of Boca Juniors, Argentina’s most famous football club.
As president of Boca Juniors, Marci led the club to many prestigious victories, including six biannual championships and four Copa Libertadores de América titles.
Marci’s administration revamped the public transport system in Buenos Aires. A Bu Rapid Transit network was built; along with lots of tunnels to improve traffic flow.
As part of the economic policy reforms, Marci’s administration removed the previous currency controls and also removed taxes on exports of grain, beef and fish. The reforms met both praise and disapproval.