The Renewal Front ( es, Frente Renovador, FR) is a
Peronist
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political party in
Argentina led by
Sergio Massa, who is part of 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 ...
.
Massa is a
Peronist
Peronism, also called justicialism,. The Justicialist Party is the main Peronist party in Argentina, it derives its name from the concept of social justice., name=, group= is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and legacy of Ar ...
and said he wants to "build the
Peronism
Peronism, also called justicialism,. The Justicialist Party is the main Peronist party in Argentina, it derives its name from the concept of social justice., name=, group= is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and legacy of Ar ...
of the 21st century."
History
It was in opposition against the ruling
Front for Victory faction within 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 ...
and therefore considered part of the
dissident Peronist wing until 2019.
The Front was founded by
Sergio Massa, the mayor of
Tigre, in 2013, ahead of the Argentine mid-term elections. Massa was
chief of the cabinet under President
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2008 to 2009 and member of the Front for Victory, but broke with the Kirchnerist faction and formed his own political movement.
In the
October 2013 mid-term election for the Argentine Chamber of Deputies won 43.9% of the votes and 16 of 35 seats in Buenos Aires Province, distancing the Front of Victory by more than 11 percentage points.
The Renewal Front demonstrated against a possible reform of the National Constitution to enable a third consecutive term of the then President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
The Renewal Front held Sergio Massa's candidacy for Presidency within the national coalition for
United for a New Alternative
United for a New Alternative ( es, Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa, UNA) was an Argentine Peronist political coalition, running for the 2015 Argentine general election. It is composed by the Renewal Front, the Christian Democratic Party and th ...
. Massa triumphs in the intern against
José Manuel de la Sota and is a candidate in the 2015 presidential elections, where he obtained third place and failed to enter the ballotage.
In the 2017 legislative elections, it is grouped together with
Generation for a National Encounter, led by
Margarita Stolbizer, to form the 1 Country front which promoted the Massa formula for senator and
Felipe Solá
Felipe Solá (born 23 July 1950) is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He previously served as Governor of Buenos Aires Province, from 2002 to 2007, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship under President Alberto Fernánd ...
for deputy.
After discrepancies regarding the direction that space should take in October 2018,
Felipe Solá
Felipe Solá (born 23 July 1950) is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He previously served as Governor of Buenos Aires Province, from 2002 to 2007, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship under President Alberto Fernánd ...
with
Facundo Moyano,
Daniel Arroyo, Fernando Asencio and Jorge Toboada decide to leave the space forming another block in congress and definitively breaking with Sergio Massa.
In 2019, the Renewal Front forms 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 ...
supporting the presidential formula
Alberto Fernández -
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The leader of the party, Sergio Massa, ran for the first national deputy candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. Massa became President of the Chamber of Deputies and
Mario Meoni
Mario Andrés Meoni (22 January 196523 April 2021) was an Argentine politician who served as Ministry of Transport (Argentina), Minister of Transport from 2019 until his death in 2021. He had previously served as ''intendente'' (mayor) of Junín ...
became Minister of Transport.
File:Logo del Frente Renovador.png, First logo used in 2013
File:Logo del Frente Renovador.jpg, Logo used in 2015
Electoral performance
President
See also
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United for a New Alternative
United for a New Alternative ( es, Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa, UNA) was an Argentine Peronist political coalition, running for the 2015 Argentine general election. It is composed by the Renewal Front, the Christian Democratic Party and th ...
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Federal Peronism (
Center-right
Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and mer ...
faction 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 ...
)
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Front for Victory (
Center-left faction 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 ...
)
References
External links
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