Débora Giorgi
| Débora Giorgi | |
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| Minister of Industry of Argentina | |
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In office November 26, 2008 – December 10, 2015 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández (as Minister of Production, 2002-03) |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Adolfo Cabrera |
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| Born |
October 21, 1959 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Spouse(s) | Javier Ordóñez |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina |
Débora Adriana Giorgi (born October 21, 1959) is an Argentine economist, formerly the nation's Minister of Industry.
Giorgi was born in Balvanera, Buenos Aires, in 1959 and graduated with honors from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina with a degree in Economics, later publishing numerous academic articles in her specialty. She entered the world of high finance as an arbitrageuse and, in 1989, co-founded Alpha Economic Studies, a financial consulting firm contracted by then-Argentine Central Bank President Javier González Fraga, a prominent conservative figure. She married Javier Ordóñez, a lawyer, in 1986, had one son and later bought a home in Buenos Aires' upscale Belgrano section.
Giorgi left Alpha Economic Studies in 1999 to accept a prominent post as Secretary of Commerce (a sub-Cabinet-level position) at the hand of newly elected President Fernando de la Rúa's first Economy Minister, José Luis Machinea. Later named Secretary of Energy and Mining, she was transferred to the powerful post of Secretary of Industry by Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo. Following President Fernando de la Rúa's resignation in December 2001, she returned to Alpha, whereby she was invited as Director of the International Negotiation Center of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), Argentina's leading manufacturers' lobby.
Giorgi was appointed Minister of Production of the Province of Buenos Aires (Argentina's largest) by Governor Felipe Solá in 2005. In that capacity, she reopened the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, making the pursuit of foreign trade avenues central to her department's policy. She was also instrumental in the adoption of sizable tax cuts in the province during her tenure.
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