Juan Manuel Abal Medina, Jr.
| Juan Manuel Abal Medina | |
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| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina | |
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In office 10 December 2011 – 20 November 2013 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Capitanich |
| Communications Secretary | |
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In office 12 January 2011 – 10 December 2011 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Enrique Albistur |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Scoccimarro |
| Secretary of Public Management | |
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In office 1 August 2008 – 12 January 2011 |
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| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Daniel Fihman |
| Succeeded by | Juan José Ross |
| National Senator of Argentina from Buenos Aires Province | |
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Assumed office December 10, 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 May 1968 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party/Front for Victory |
| Alma mater |
University of Buenos Aires Latin American Social Sciences Institute |
Juan Manuel Abal Medina, Jr. (born May 5, 1968) is an Argentine academic, political scientist, and author. He was appointed Communications Secretary by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2011, and served as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina from December 2011 to November 2013.
Abal Medina was born in Buenos Aires. His father, Juan Manuel Abal Medina, served as Secretary General of the Peronist Movement in the early 1970s, and was the last representative of populist leader Juan Perón before his return to Argentina in 1973. The elder Abal Medina's brother, Fernando Abal Medina, founded the far-left Montoneros organization, whose subsequent violent activities helped precipitate the Dirty War. His family's political activities resulted in their persecution during the dictatorship installed in 1976, and in 1982, they sought exile in Mexico.
Abal Medina returned to Argentina. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, and earned a Licentiate in Political Science in 1994. He received a fellowship from the National Research Institute in 1995, and earned a PhD in Political Science in 2000 at the Latin American Social Sciences Institute, in Mexico City. He subsequently taught in his discipline as a tenured professor at his alma mater, at the National University of Quilmes, the National University of General San Martín, and the University of San Andrés. Abal Medina published an extensive bibliography, beginning with his 2001 study of electoral history in Argentina, El federalismo electoral argentino, as well as articles in numerous political science journals.
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