María Julia Alsogaray
| María Julia Alsogaray | |
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| Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development | |
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In office November 5, 1991 – December 10, 1999 |
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| President | Carlos Menem |
| Preceded by | post created |
| Succeeded by | Norberto La Porta |
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National Deputy for the City of Buenos Aires |
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In office December 10, 1985 – November 5, 1991 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 8, 1942 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Spouse(s) | Francisco Erize |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Profession | Engineer |
María Julia Alsogaray (born October 8, 1942) is an Argentine politician convicted in 2004 for financial crimes against the state.
The second of three children of socialite Edith Gay and conservative politician Álvaro Alsogaray, she was born in Buenos Aires and earned a degree in engineering at the University of Buenos Aires. She was elected to Congress in 1985 on her father's ticket, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCeDé), and became an outspoken defender of free markets during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín. She married Francisco Erize, and had two sons.
The UCeDé became a close ally of Justicialist Party nominee Carlos Menem after the 1989 election (in which Menem ran as a populist), and Alsogaray was appointed to head the privatizations of the ENTel state phone company in 1990 and of the Somisa state steel works in 1991. This post earned Alsogaray disapproval when reports emerged that ENTel land valued at US$180 million was gifted to its buyers; and later, when Somisa was sold to Techint in 1992 for US$152 million - one seventh the book value Jorge Triaca, her predecessor at Somisa, had estimated.
Her personal life also attracted controversy following a July 1990 photo shoot for Noticias, Argentina's leading news magazine. The suggestive photo spread was accompanied by an interview in which her relationship with the recently divorced President Menem was discussed. Alsogaray was appointed Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (environment) in November 1991, something she attributed in a Clarín interview at the time to the "trust the President has deposited in me."
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