Gerardo Werthein
Gerardo Werthein | |
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| Argentine Ambassador to the United States | |
| Assumed office April 18, 2024 | |
| President | Javier Milei |
| Preceded by | Jorge Argüello |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 3, 1955 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Gerardo Werthein (born 3 December 1955)[1] is an Argentine businessman and the current Ambassador of Argentina to the United States.[2][3]
Werthein served as president of the Argentine Olympic Committee from 2009 to 2021. He has also been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Broadcasting Services since 2011, joining the IOC Executive Board as an 'Executive Member' in 2020. [4] During his tenure as president, Buenos Aires was selected as the host city for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, which took place in October of that year.
Biography
[edit]Werthein was born into a Russian family of Jewish origin. His great-grandfather, Leon Werthein, emigrated from Bessarabia to Argentina in 1904 with his wife Ana Jajam and their four children, Gregorio, Elisa, Numo, and Israel, fleeing the persecution of Jewish people by the Russian Empire. [5] The Werthein family began extensive livestock activities in the country, eventually forming one of Argentina's most important economic conglomerates, the Werthein Group, which, among other things, became owners of the telecommunications company Telecom Argentina.
Ambassador to the United States (2023-2024)
[edit]Following Javier Milei's electoral victory in the 2023 Argentine presidential elections, Werthein accompanied Milei on a trip to New York and was present at the meetings Milei held with various figures, including Bill Clinton.[6] After Milei's presidential inauguration, he nominated Werthein as the Argentine ambassador to the United States. His appointment was finally approved by the Argentine Senate on April 18, 2024.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dr Gerardo WERTHEIN". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ a b Casal, Por Mariano (2024-04-18). "El Senado aprobó por unanimidad los pliegos de los embajadores que propuso el gobierno de Javier Milei". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ "Quién es Gerardo Werthein: empresario, dirigente deportivo y ahora nuevo embajador argentino en Estados Unidos". Página 12. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Buenos Aires appoint Vero Communications for 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games bid
- ^ "Un grupo inversor encabezado por dos argentinos se quedó con El Observador". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ LPO. "Werthein arrastró a Milei a una foto con Clinton y le mete ruido a la relación con Trump". www.lapoliticaonline.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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