Guillermo Alberto Francos (born 20 April 1950) is a politician and lawyer from

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, serving as Minister of Interior for

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since December 2023 until May 2024 when he was designated Chief of Cabinet to replace Nicolás Posse.

Biography

He was born in

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, a base of the

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. Guillermo Francos graduated from the

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in 1974 and worked as a lawyer from 1975 to 1989. During those years he worked at the

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from 1974 to 1978. He worked at several places, both in the state and private organizations. He was elected national deputy in 1997 as a member of the

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party, he resigned in September 2000, as he was appointed head of

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. He was briefly president of

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, and then moved to the banks. He led the

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, Grupo Banco Provincia and Provincia Microempresas from 2007 to 2011 during the government of

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in the

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. At the same time in 2008 he was named director of Visa Argentina and later on in 2012 he was named director of Corporación América, it was in this company where he first met

who worked as the chief economist of the corporation. He was designated as the representative of Argentina to the

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by President

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in December 2019. In August 2023 he resigned from this role to join Javier Milei's campaign team, one week after the results of the

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were announced. The government would later designate Marcelo Barg to replace him as the representative to the IDB. Javier Milei was elected president in 2023 and appointed him

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. Milei got in conflicts with the provincial governors, so Francos tried to de-escalate said conflicts. He promoted the "Pact of May" proposed during the 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina. On 28 May 2024 he was designated Chief of Cabinet of Argentina, after the resignation of Nicolás Posse, and so left the Ministry of Interior.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Francos, Guillermo 1950 births Living people Argentine lawyers Argentine politicians Milei administration cabinet members Chiefs of Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina Justicialist Party politicians Universidad del Salvador alumni