Antonio de la Rúa Pertiné (born 7 March 1974) is an Argentine lawyer, and the son of former president

Fernando de la Rúa Fernando de la Rúa (15 September 19379 July 2019) was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001. De la Rúa was born in ...

(who governed Argentina from 1999 to 2001) and Inés Pertiné. He was an advisor to his father during his father's presidency and one of the heads of his father's presidential campaign.

Politics

Though de la Rúa held no formal position in his father's government, he was the chief architect of his father's election campaign; his success led his father to continue to turn to him for political advice after his assumption of the presidency. He was pointed to as the leader of the "

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set" (''El grupo sushi''), a group of young officials so-called due to their alleged preference for expensive

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; they were sometimes criticised for their influence on politics. After the collapse of the de la Rúa presidency, de la Rúa focused his energies on

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and distanced himself from politics, thus marking the end of the influence of the "Sushi Group".

Personal life

De la Rúa was a target of

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coverage after his father became president. In 2000, he started dating the Colombian singer

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. On 10 January 2011, Shakira announced on her website that after 11 years together, she and de la Rúa had separated in August 2010 after making "a mutual decision to take time apart from

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romantic relationship." She wrote that the couple "view this period of separation as temporary and as a time of individual growth as

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continue to be partners in

business and professional lives", with de la Rúa overseeing Shakira's "business and career interests as he has always done." In September 2012, he filed a lawsuit for $250 million against Shakira. His lawsuit was dismissed by a

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judge in August 2013.

ALAS

In December 2006 de la Rua together with a group of prominent

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n businessmen and artists founded ALAS Foundation. Foundation ALAS is a

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that promotes

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in Hispanic America. Foundation ALAS had

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winner

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as its Honorary President. Its founding members include

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, Alejandro Santo Domingo, Antonio de la Rua, Alejandro Soberon,

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among other businessmen, and artists Shakira, Fher Olivera, Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra and Diego Torres. On 22 February 2010, Antonio de la Rúa and Shakira were invited to the

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where they discussed with President Barack Obama the importance of investing in Early Childhood Development Policies.Barack Obama recibió en el Salón Oval a Shakira y su novio Antonio de la Rúa
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rua, Antonio de la 1973 births Living people People from Córdoba, Argentina 20th-century Argentine lawyers Children of presidents of Argentina 21st-century Argentine lawyers