Ricardo López Murphy

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Murphy.
Ricardo López Murphy
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Minister of Economy
In office
March 5, 2001 – March 20, 2001
PresidentFernando de la Rúa
Preceded byJosé Luis Machinea
Succeeded byDomingo Cavallo
Minister of Defense
In office
December 10, 1999 – March 5, 2001
PresidentFernando de la Rúa
Preceded by
Succeeded byHoracio Jaunarena
Personal details
Born (1951-08-10) August 10, 1951 (age 70)
Adrogué, Buenos Aires Province
NationalityArgentine
Political partyRepublicans United (2020-present)
Autonomist Party (2011)
Recreate for Growth (2002-2008)-(2018-2020)
Radical Civic Union (1983-2002)
Other political
affiliations		Alliance for Work, Justice and Education (1999-2001) Republican Proposal (2005) (2008-2011)
Spouse(s)Norma Ruiz
Alma materNational University of La Plata
University of Chicago

Ricardo Hipólito López Murphy (born August 10, 1951) is an Argentine economist, academic and politician. He served as Minister of Defense and Minister of Economy during Fernando de la Rúa's administration.

He was chairman of Liberal Network for Latin America, an association of institutions to promote liberalism. Currently, he chairs the think tank Republican Civic Foundation. [1]

He was Minister of Economy in the government of Fernando de la Rúa, but had to leave office 15 days after taking office after announcing his austerity plan.[2]

He is a pre-candidate for national deputy for Buenos Aires for Republicans United, which is part of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition.[3]

First years[]

López Murphy was born in Adrogué, Buenos Aires Province. He is of Basque and Irish descent. His was named Ricardo after Argentine politician Ricardo Balbín (who was his godfather) and Hipólito after radical president Hipólito Yrigoyen. He attended the National University of La Plata, where he was awarded the title degree in Economics, comprising four years of study in 1975. He then obtained a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1980.

Private sector[]

In his professional activity he worked as a consultant and economic advisor to companies, international investors and financial institutions in Argentina and Latin America. He was a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and chief economist of the Latin American Economic Research Foundation.

He received the Konex Prize in 1996. [4]

Minister of Defense[]

In 1999, he entered politics when he was appointed Minister of Defense as a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He remained in this position until 2001 when he briefly took the position of Minister of Economy in the government of Argentina.[5]

Minister of Economy[]

López Murphy announces his proposal for fiscal austerity in March 2001.

Enjoying little political support from President, Fernando de la Rúa, he was fired within two weeks after a wave of protest over his proposed fiscal austerity project, by which he sought to prevent the 2001 economic crisis but which sharply cut education spending.[6]

Politics[]

He founded a conservative liberal political party, Recreate for Growth (RECREAR), in 2002, and ran for the presidency in the April 2003 elections, finishing third behind Carlos Menem and Néstor Kirchner, with 16.3% of the popular vote. López Murphy won abroad. He was the favorite of the hundreds of Argentines who voted in the United States, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil.[7]

He later teamed with Mauricio Macri in 2005 to create a new center-right coalition called Republican Proposal (PRO), which tacitly supported his unsuccessful second bid to the presidency in the 2007 presidential election. López Murphy did poorly, gaining just 1% of the vote; PRO, however, did somewhat better in provincial and congressional elections, and won the mayoral election in Buenos Aires that year.

He left RECREAR in April 2008, citing differences over party list strategy,[8] and in December established Federal Convergency. He ran for Mayor of Buenos Aires in 2011 on this ticket, but obtained only 1.4% of the vote.[9]

His life[]

He is married with three children. López Murphy is often referred to in the media as "the Bulldog", a nickname he has come to embrace himself.[10][11] He has called himself "an Alem and Alberdi liberal".

He is against gay marriage, decriminalization of drug use and abortion.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.federalismoylibertad.org/ricardo-lopez-murphy/
  2. ^ https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/ricardo-lopez-murphy-dijo-la-historia-me-dio-la-razo.phtml
  3. ^ https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/lopez-murphy-lanzo-su-candidatura-en-una-lista-de-varias-caras-nuevas-para-la-politica-nid14072021/
  4. ^ University alumnus loses bid for Argentine presidency.
  5. ^ BBC News, 5 March 2001, Argentina: Appointment of Lopez Murphy welcomed
  6. ^ La Nación (3/20/2001) (in Spanish)
  7. ^ https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/lopez-murphy-gano-en-el-exterior-nid492246/
  8. ^ "López Murphy se fue de Recrear y un ministro macrista se quedó con el partido". Clarín. 20 April 2008.
  9. ^ "Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Jefe de Gobierno y Vice (2011)". Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09.
  10. ^ Página/12 (1/9/2005) (in Spanish).
  11. ^ La Nación (9/16/2005) (in Spanish)
  12. ^ https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/oposicion-al-aborto-de-los-principales-candidatos-nid955699/

External links[]

Preceded by
Jorge Domínguez 		Minister of Defense
1999–2001 		Succeeded by
Horacio Jaunarena
Preceded by
José Luis Machinea 		Minister of Economy
2001 		Succeeded by
Domingo Cavallo
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