Martín Menem
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
10 December 2023
Preceded byCecilia Moreau
National Deputy
Assumed office
10 December 2023
ConstituencyLa Rioja
Provincial Deputy of La Rioja
In office
10 December 2021 – 7 December 2023
ConstituencyCapital Department
Personal details
Born (1975-04-19) 19 April 1975
La Rioja Province, Argentina
Political partyLa Libertad Avanza (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Union of the Democratic Centre (formerly)
Children2
Parents
Relatives
  • Adrián Menem (brother)
  • Carlos Menem (uncle)
  • Munir Menem (uncle)
  • Amado Menem (uncle)

Martín Alexis Menem (born 19 April 1975) is an Argentine lawyer, businessman and politician, elected national deputy for La Rioja. He served as provincial deputy of La Rioja between 2021 and 2023. He was appointed to preside over the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies as of December 10, 2023.[1]

Early life and career

Martín was born on 19 April 1975, in the Argentine province of La Rioja. Son of the former senator, Eduardo Menem and the social worker, Susana Cristina Valente. He is the nephew of former president Carlos Menem. At the age of fifteen he moved to the City of Buenos Aires.

In 1997, after studying law at the Universidad de Belgrano, he obtained his law degree. He later founded “Gentech”, a dietary supplement company.[2]

Political career

He entered politics in 2021 with the help of La Libertad Avanza, the coalition led by Javier Milei, with whom he held a joint electoral event, this being the only one carried out by him outside the City of Buenos Aires.[3]

Menem after being elected president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation.

He was a candidate for governor of La Rioja, in the provincial elections of May 2023. He was defeated, coming third with 14.70% of the votes, against the Peronist candidate Ricardo Quintela who obtained 52.63% of the votes.[4]

He was elected national deputy in the 2023 legislative elections, representing La Rioja, for La Libertad Avanza (which had been founded as a provincial party in said district) with 38.01% of the votes. Although, on 7 December, he was elected as president of the Chamber of Deputies by all the parliamentary blocs, with the exception of the Left Front bloc, which abstained.[5]

Electoral history

Executive

Electoral history of Martín Menem
Election Office List Votes Result Ref.
Total  % P.
2023 Governor of La Rioja La Libertad Avanza 28,926 14.70% 3rd Not elected [6]

Legislative

Electoral history of Martín Menem
Election Office List # District Votes Result Ref.
Total  % P.
2021 Provincial Deputy Union of the Democratic Centre 1 Capital Department 15,810 11.55% 3rd[lower-alpha 1] Elected [7]
2023 National Deputy La Libertad Avanza 1 La Rioja Province 85,794 38.01% 2nd[lower-alpha 1] Elected [8]
  1. 1 2 Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.

References

  1. ↑ Clarín, Redacción (7 December 2023). "Asumió Martín Menem como presidente de la Cámara de Diputados y pidió bajar los gastos en el Congreso: "Como dijo Milei, no hay plata"". Clarín.
  2. ↑ Valleboni, Gabriela (19 September 2021). "Cómo es Gentech, la compañía pionera de suplementos dietarios que factura $ 116 millones". Forbes Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Martín Menem, un empresario riojano con linaje político y discurso "anticasta"". Página 12 (in Spanish). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Quintela fue reelecto por amplio margen y los libertarios quedaron en un lejano tercer lugar". Télam (in Spanish). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "MARTIN MENEM FUE ELEGIDO COMO PRESIDENTE DE LA CÁMARA DE DIPUTADOS DE LA NACIÓN". Diputados Argentina (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Escrutinio Definitivo" (PDF). boletinoflarioja.com.ar (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de La Rioja. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Escrutinio Definitivo" (in Spanish). Cámara Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Escrutinio Definitivo". Cámara Nacional Electoral (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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