Nicolás José Posse (born 4 February 1965) is an Argentine politician and industrial engineer who was the country's

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from December 2023 to May 2024 under president

Javier Milei Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since 2023. Milei also served as a national deputy representing the City of Buenos Aires for the party La Libertad ...

. Before entering politics, Posse was an executive at

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. Posse worked in a strategic role in Javier Milei's 2023 presidential campaign.

Early life

Posse attended the

Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires The Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (, ITBA) is a private university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its focus is primarily on Engineering, Information Technology and Business studies. ITBA maintains cooperation agreements with over 50 univers ...

, graduating in 1989, and the University of Cambridge.

Business career

Posse began his career at

Molinos Río de la Plata Molinos Río de la Plata ( BCBA: MOLI) is Argentina's largest branded food products company. The company is a large exporter of sunflower processed oil and is one of Argentina's main exporters of bottled oil. Molinos also produces a wide range of ...

, before working as the CEO of duty-free sales at

, a subset of Eduardo Eurnekian's Corporación América. Posse also was head of project management in the "Aconcagua Bioceanic Corridor" between 2009 and 2017, an initiative to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a high-tech railway corridor. During this project, he met Javier Milei.

Political career

Since July 2023, within the framework of the

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, Posse took unpaid leave to dedicate himself fully to the presidential campaign of Javier Milei, candidate of

La Libertad Avanza La Libertad Avanza (LLA; Spanish for "Liberty Advances") is a political coalition and party in Argentina. LLA was formed as an electoral alliance in 2021, and as a nationwide party in 2024. It has been described as conservative and ultraconser ...

. In the libertarian campaign, Posse was in charge of leading the technical teams of La Libertad Avanza. After Milei's electoral victory, Posse coordinated the transition and was present at the first meeting between president-elect Milei and outgoing president

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at Quinta de Olivos to discuss the transfer of command.

Chief of Staff

On 10 December 2023, he assumed office as Cabinet Chief of the Nation. He resigned on 27 May 2024, being replaced by the former

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Guillermo Francos Guillermo Alberto Francos (born 20 April 1950) is a politician and lawyer from Argentina, serving as Minister of Interior for Javier Milei since December 2023 until May 2024 when he was designated Chief of Cabinet to replace Nicolás Posse. Biog ...

Personal life

Posse is married and has one daughter. Posse is a mountaineer, climbing

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several times, and has run marathons.

References

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