Martín Lousteau
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| Argentine Ambassador to the U.S. | |
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Assumed office December 10, 2015 |
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National Deputy for the City of Buenos Aires |
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In office December 10, 2013 – December 10, 2015 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Miguel Peirano |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Fernández |
| Minister of Economy of Argentina | |
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In office December 10, 2007 – April 24, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Adolfo Boverini |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Francos |
| President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires | |
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In office December 28, 2005 – December 10, 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
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December 8, 1970 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | UNEN (since 2013) |
| Spouse(s) | Carla Peterson |
| Alma mater |
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires University of San Andrés London School of Economics |
Martín Lousteau (Occitan pronunciation: [lɔwstaw]; born December 8, 1970) was the Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina under the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from December 10, 2007, until April 24, 2008. At the age of 37, Lousteau was the youngest person to occupy this office in more than five decades. On December 3, 2015 he was appointed as the Argentine Ambassador to the United States.
Lousteau was born in Buenos Aires. He graduated from Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. He is a Licentiate in Economics (graduated summa cum laude from the Universidad de San Andrés), and a Master of Science in Economics (at the London School of Economics). He taught as a postgraduate professor at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and as graduate professor at the Universidad de San Andrés.
He is the author of Sin Atajos (No Shortcuts, 2005), a history of Argentina's economic crises, with Javier González Fraga; and Hacia un Federalismo Solidario (Towards a Cooperative Federalism), as well as specialized works and journalistic articles that have been published in Argentina and abroad. Lousteau had also been a tennis instructor (which he quit because of an injury), and worked as a war correspondent in Afghanistan for the magazines El Planeta Urbano and La Razón before the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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