Federal Consensus ( es, Consenso Federal, CF) was a
electoral coalition
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Ea ...
in
Argentina
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formed to support the alliance between
Roberto Lavagna
Roberto Lavagna (born 24 March 1942) is an Argentine economist and politician who was Minister of Economy and Production from April 27, 2002 until November 28, 2005.
Despite the fact that he only garnered 6% of the votes in 2019 presidential e ...
and
Juan Manuel Urtubey
Juan Manuel Urtubey (born September 6, 1969) is an Argentine politician, lawyer, university professor and former governor of Salta Province. Formerly a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party (PJ) in the ...
in
2019 general election.
[ It is formed by dissidents of the ]Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
, the Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
, the Freemen of the South Movement
The Free of the South Movement ( es, Movimiento Libres del Sur) is a centre-left political party created in 2006 in Argentina. It is made up of the ''Movimiento Barrios de Pie'', the ''Agrupación Martín Fierro'', the ''Frente Barrial 19 de Di ...
, the Federal Party, the Christian Democratic Party
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, the Third Position Party
The Third Position Party ( es, Partido Tercera Posición; P3P) is a minor Peronist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2015 by congresswoman Graciela Camaño and union leader as a split from the Justicialist Party. It supported Se ...
and the Light Blue and White Union
The Light Blue and White Union ( es, Unión Celeste y Blanco; UCyB) is a minor centre-right political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2007 by Argentine-Colombian businessman and former national deputy Francisco de Narváez. The party stand ...
.
The only quartermaster won by the alliance in the 2019 elections was the Chivilcoy party, in the province of Buenos Aires. Guillermo Britos was reelected mayor with 48.05%. In the 2019 presidential election, Federal Consensus placed third behind the Frente de Todos
The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner.
Fernández won the 2019 gene ...
and Juntos por el Cambio
( en, Together for Change) is a centre-right political coalition in Argentina. It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos ( en, Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and U ...
. Since then, the alliance has formed a parliamentary group
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Parliamentar ...
called ''Interbloque Federal'', which counts with 11 deputies in the Congress
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. In 2021, ahead of that year's legislative election
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, the GEN Party announced it would be leaving Federal Consensus and instead backed the main opposition Juntos por el Cambio
( en, Together for Change) is a centre-right political coalition in Argentina. It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos ( en, Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and U ...
.
History
On June 12, 2019, it was announced that Roberto Lavagna
Roberto Lavagna (born 24 March 1942) is an Argentine economist and politician who was Minister of Economy and Production from April 27, 2002 until November 28, 2005.
Despite the fact that he only garnered 6% of the votes in 2019 presidential e ...
(Consenso 19) and Juan Manuel Urtubey
Juan Manuel Urtubey (born September 6, 1969) is an Argentine politician, lawyer, university professor and former governor of Salta Province. Formerly a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party (PJ) in the ...
(Alternativa Federal), agreed to integrate a formula in which they would respectively be candidates for president and vice president, representing ''Consenso Federal.''
Vice presidential candidate Juan Manuel Urtubey is a lawyer and has served as university professor, deputy and governor of the province of Salta during different periods, between 2007 and 2019. For his part, Roberto Lavagna is an economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
, diplomat
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, politician
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and professor
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, who served as head of the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
Bor ...
and then of Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and ...
, during the period 2002–2005. In 2007 he ran for Presidency of Argentina, under the An Advanced Nation coalition with the backing of the Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...
where he obtained the third place with 16.89% of the votes. He ran again as a candidate for president in the Elections of 2019, where he obtained 6.14% of the votes.
Graduating in Political Economy
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from the University of Buenos Aires
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, in 1967, he was part of the Ministry of Economy during the last presidency of Juan Domingo Perón
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; he was Negotiator of the Argentina-Brazil Integration during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than ...
; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to international economic organizations between 2000 and 2002; and Minister of Economy and Production during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
Bor ...
, ratified in the post by President Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and ...
in 2003, where he remained until 2005, being the official who remained the longest in that position since 1996. As Minister, he was the architect of Argentina's overcoming the 2001 economic crisis, promoted the lifting of the corralito
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in 2002 and managed the Argentine debt swap at the beginning of 2005. Part of his work experience has been gathered as author of different books related to integration, economy and the future of Argentina.
Florencio Randazzo
Aníbal Florencio Randazzo (born 1 March 1964) in an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was Minister of the Interior and Transport during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from 2007 to 2015. An ally of Kirchner's during ...
and Roberto Lavagna
Roberto Lavagna (born 24 March 1942) is an Argentine economist and politician who was Minister of Economy and Production from April 27, 2002 until November 28, 2005.
Despite the fact that he only garnered 6% of the votes in 2019 presidential e ...
once again bet on an option outside the "crack" for the legislative elections. Teams of former ministers work together for legislative elections
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. But also with 2023 on the horizon, with the goal of building a competitive national force.
Ideology
Lavagna is an economist with moderate
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ideas and is in tune with the fatigue generated by polarization in a growing sector of society. He is a Peronist
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but he dresses, speaks and looks like a member of the Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...
. His nomination has the support of anti-Kirchner Peronism, sectors of radicalism dissatisfied with the government, and progressive forces such as the Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
.
Electoral campaign
On October 24, 2019 ''Consenso Federal'' presented its ballot for the polling stations in the presidential elections of Argentina 2019, with the former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna as candidate for president and the governor of Salta Juan Manuel Urtubey for vice president.
During the campaign, Roberto Lavagna presented an important battery of proposals, among which they highlighted the fight against hunger and "putting money in the pockets of Argentines."
For the fight against hunger, Lavagna marked as a priority the need to declare the National Food Emergency Plan and guarantee that every Argentine would have access to immediate consumption. Furthermore, in order to make the result sustainable, Lavagna proposed "To increase the resources destined to school canteens affected to the Food Emergency Program" and "To include Secondary Schools in need of school food services, also with national funds".
The closing of the electoral campaign took place in Salta, where Urtubey, the candidate for vice-president, was governor. There, Roberto Lavagna—an experienced politician and convinced that in the exercise of the government there cannot be financial conservatism and that the state intervention must be adequate—emphasized that Consenso Federal "was the only formula that faced the campaign with projects".
Members
Former members
Legislative composition
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Consenus Bloc
After the 2019 presidential elections, Federal Consensus obtained three seats of national deputies in Congress: Graciela Camano, Alejandro "Topo" Rodríguez and Enrique Estévez. The first two for the Province of Buenos Aires, and the third for Santa Fe , as a candidate of the Socialist Party. In December 2019, Jorge Sarghini assumed a seat as a deputy and joined the Federal Consensus Bloc.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Chamber of Deputies
References
External links
Official site
{{Argentine political parties
2019 establishments in Argentina
Political party alliances in Argentina
Peronist parties and alliances in Argentina