A spokeswoman for the Argentine President said that “President Alberto Fernandez appointed Silvina Batakis as Minister of Economy after she held this position in the province of Buenos Aires between 2011 and 2015,” following the sudden resignation of Minister Martín Guzmán. .

Patakis is a 53-year-old economist, former Minister of Economy for the Province of Buenos Aires and a member of the Argentine Peronist Left.

Guzmán, the main author of an agreement last March with the International Monetary Fund to refinance Argentina’s debt, announced his resignation on Saturday after two and a half years in office. In a letter to Fernandez, he indicated: “I am writing to you to submit my resignation from the position of Minister of the Economy of the Nation, which you have honored me with effect from December 10, 2019”, emphasizing the need for those who replace him to be able to “work within the political agreement within the government coalition.