Jesus Rodríguez (b. June 16, 1955) is a politician from

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, from the

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(''Unión Cívica Radical'', UCR).

Biography

Jesús Rodríguez was born in Quilmes. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the age of 28 for the 1983-1987 period. He was reelected for the 1987-1991 period, and elected again for 1993-1997. He was also elected for the

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. He was appointed minister of economy of

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in 1989, amid a hyperinflation crisis, and stayed until the end of Alfonsín term. As the leading opposition party, the UCR selected him to lead the Auditoría General de la Nación (AGN) in 2020 and up to 2023, during the presidency of Peronist

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. Although both the UCR and

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(''Propuesta Republicana'', PR) have 60 legislators each, the UCR prevailed because the PR had legislators who were elected under other tickets. The AGN made a report in 2023 against a IMF credit taken by the presidency of

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during the

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. Rodríguez, who was in the minority despite being the president of the AGN, clarified that the report was not officially endorsed by the AGN. He also pointed that the report rejects the credit for not being approved by a law, although no law required to do that, nor previous similar credits had been approved in such way.

References

External links

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Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Jesus 1955 births Living people People from Quilmes Radical Civic Union politicians Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Ministers of economy of Argentina University of Buenos Aires alumni