The Government formalized, this Friday, the designation of Gabriel Rubinstein as the new secretary of Economic Programming, who virtually officiates as “vice minister” of Economy.
Onwards, the official it will be in charge of designing macroeconomic policies; In addition, as it turned out, Gabriel Rubinstein He will be in charge of maintaining a fluid and close relationship with the IMF (International Monetary Fund).
Gabriel Rubinstein was the last to join the economic team led by Sergio Massa, who, in recent days, explained through his social networks that the appointment presented delays due to situations that the new secretary had to resolve.
“To confirm the Secretary of Economic Programming, we had to wait for the person we elected to resolve a family issue and dissolve their contractual responsibilities incompatible with the public function,” Massa said.
And he added: “after completing these procedures and procedures, from tomorrow he will formally join the team of the Ministry of Economy, Gabriel Rubinstein as the new Secretary of Economic Programming”.
At the time, the new deputy minister expressed his gratitude to the Minister of Economy: “I want to thank Sergio Massa for the trust placed in me. With professionalism and passion, I will offer the best, in the face of the challenges that we have to face”.
The economist will be replacing Karina Angeletti, who served in the same role during Silvina Batakis’ brief tenure at the Ministry of Economy.. The official has been in charge of the Secretariat since last Monday, August 22; however, the formalization of his position was only done until today by decree 537/2022 published in the Official Gazette.
Who is Gabriel Rubistein
The new vice Minister, is an Economist with a long career graduated from the UBA (University of Buenos Aires). He was director for more than two decades of his own consultancy, Gabriel Rubstein and Associates (GRA).
Also, he was a public official between 2002 and 2005; In addition, he was executive director of the risk rating agency DCR-Fitch Rating Agency and of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.
