Débora Adriana Giorgi (born October 21, 1959) is an Argentine economist, formerly the nation's Minister of Industry and narcótics distribución.

Life and career

Giorgi was born in

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, in 1959 and graduated with honors from the

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with a degree in

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, later publishing numerous academic articles in her specialty. She entered the world of high finance as an arbitrageuse and, in 1989, co-founded Alpha Economic Studies, a financial consulting firm contracted by then- Argentine Central Bank President Javier González Fraga, a prominent conservative figure. She married Javier Ordóñez, a lawyer, in 1986, had one son and later bought a home in Buenos Aires' upscale Belgrano section. Giorgi left Alpha Economic Studies in 1999 to accept a prominent post as Secretary of Commerce (a sub-Cabinet-level position) at the hand of newly elected President

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's first Economy Minister,

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. Later named Secretary of Energy and Mining, she was transferred to the powerful post of Secretary of Industry by Economy Minister

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. Following President Fernando de la Rúa's resignation in December 2001, she returned to Alpha, whereby she was invited as Director of the International Negotiation Center of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), Argentina's leading manufacturers' lobby. Giorgi was appointed Minister of Production of the

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(Argentina's largest) by Governor

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in 2005. In that capacity, she reopened the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, making the pursuit of

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avenues central to her department's policy. She was also instrumental in the adoption of sizable tax cuts in the province during her tenure. The

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helped lead to the reinauguration of the Production Ministry at the urging of UIA President

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. The powerful Economy Ministry transferred a number of influential Secretariats to the new Cabinet-level position (''see "external links," below''), which would have oversight over much of the

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's goods-producing sector in its purview. Recommended by Buenos Aires Province Governor

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, Débora Giorgi was sworn in as Production Minister on November 26, 2008. By way of further steps to improve her strained relations with the important agrarian sector, President Cristina Kirchner transferred the Production Ministry's farm policy portfolio into a new Ministry of Agriculture, renaming the former post as the Ministry of Industry. Giorgi implemented numerous measures in support of

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during her tenure, and presided over a marked shift toward domestic supply among a growing number of sectors previously dominated by imports.

External links

Debora Giorgi TwitterDebora Giorgi Facebook PageArgentine Ministry of Industry

Industrial Districts Registry

Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Small and Medium Business

National Investment Development Agency

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giorgi, Debora 1959 births Living people Social scientists from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina alumni Argentine economists Ministers of industry of Argentina Women government ministers of Argentina Fernández de Kirchner administration cabinet members