José María Torello (born 19 February 1960) is an Argentine politician. A member of Republican Proposal (PRO), Torello has served as National Senator representing

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

since 2022, in replacement of

Esteban Bullrich Esteban José Bullrich (born 26 May 1969, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine politician. A member of Republican Proposal (PRO), he served as a National Senator for Buenos Aires Province from 2017 to 2021, and as Minister of Education from 2015 to 2 ...

Early life

Torello was born in Buenos Aires on 19 February 1960 into a wealthy family linked to the agricultural business. He is a grand-nephew of Pablo Miguel Torello (1864–1943), who was Minister of Public Works during the presidency of

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

. His brother is

Pablo Torello Pablo Torello (born 12 February 1959) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. A member of Republican Proposal, Torello was first elected in 2015. He previously served as a member of the ...

, also a Republican Proposal politician currently serving as a National Deputy. Torello attended Colegio Cardenal Newman, an elite private boys' school, where he met future president and collaborator Mauricio Macri.

Career

After attaining his law degree, he became part of Llerena y Asociados, a major law firm based in Buenos Aires. He eventually left the firm to work for Mauricio Macri upon his entry into politics in 2003, becoming a founding member of Republican Proposal. Following Macri's election as

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in 2007, Torello became chief of advisors in the city government. Torello was later appointed to the same position in the national government following Macri's election as President of Argentina in 2015. In the 2017 legislative election, Torello was the first alternate candidate in the Cambiemos list to the National Senate in

; the list was headed by education minister

. In 2022, following Bullrich's resignation due to health issues, Torello was sworn in as senator, with mandate until 2023.

References

External links

Profile in the Argentine Senate website
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