In a surreal turn of events, Argentine politics has been in chaos since, on Sunday night, Javier Milei he achieved the presidency. Social media exploded with memes and the country is divided between those who celebrated the novelty and those who fear the unexpected.
But one fact went unnoticed. Javier Milei is not only the first libertarian president of the country, but he is also the president-elect who took the least time to reach the Rivadavia Chair.
Founded on July 14, 2021, Freedom Advances It is Milei’s step forward as a politician, taking just two years to reach command. Secondly, the businessman appears Mauricio Macri, maximum reference of the PRO, until now, who on February 21, 2001 announced that he would dedicate himself to politics. It took him 14 years to reach the Presidency of the Nation.
Very far away, after 22 years of waiting, it appears Nestor Kirchner, who inaugurated the Juan Domingo Perón athenaeum in 1981, a date on which we can determine his starting point in real politics.
In fourth place appears his wife, Cristina Kirchner, with a delay of 26 years, if the very creation of the Juan Domingo Perón athenaeum, in 1981, is determined as a starting point. As a sign of destiny, fifth place is shared by two people who had a close relationship before and after the crisis of the 2001: Raúl Alfonsín and Eduardo Duhaldewho took 33 years to reach the presidency.
Already out of the Top Five, in position 6, appears Alberto Fernandezwho began his political career in 1985, took 34 years to become, with the help of CFK, the country’s top leader. Carlos Menem It took 39 years to achieve power. He began his military career in 1951, when he met Juan Perón and Eva Duarte at a game of one of his favorite sports: basketball. And in the last place it appears Fernando de la Ruawho joined radicalism in 1955 and took 44 years to reach the highest position in national politics.
by Nicolás González
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