Claudio Omar Moroni (born 27 May 1959) is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the country's Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security from 10 December 2019 to 13 October 2022, in the cabinet of President

Alberto Fernández Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer, and academic who served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. He was also the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers from 2003 to 2008. His tenure as Cabin ...

. A career public official, Moroni has held a number of positions in the Argentine national administration. He was first appointed Superintendent of Insurance by President

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in 1995, succeeding Alberto Fernández. Since then, he has served as the General Comptroller of the Nation from 2004 to 2007, as the Executive Director of

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from 2007 to 2008, and as the head of AFIP for a brief period in 2008, all under the successive presidencies of

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and

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Early life and education

Moroni was born in 1959 in

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. He studied law at the

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, where he met

; the two would later become close associates.

Political career

In 1995, he was appointed by the administration of President

Carlos Saúl Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) served as the 50th president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years (from 1990 to 2001 and agai ...

to the Superintendency of Insurance, succeeding

. A

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei. Fo ...

member, Moroni left the position in 1998 and would not return to public office until after the presidency of

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. He returned to the position upon being appointed by

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in 2002. In 2004, President

appointed Moroni to the General Comptrolling Bureau (SIGEN), succeeding Miguel Ángel Pesce; he would remain in charge of the SIGEN until 2007. Upon the renovation of authorities following the ascension of President

, Moroni left the SIGEN and was appointed Executive Director of the National Social Security Administration (ANSES), where he remained until 2008; from then he was appointed Federal Administrator of Public Income, but was removed from that position merely six months afterwards. In addition to his work in the public sector, Moroni also served as a director of the executive board of Banco Provincia Group and as an insurance advisor in the

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Ministry of Labour

On 10 December 2019, following speculation that he might be appointed to the newly restored Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Moroni was appointed to the cabinet by newly elected President

, succeeding Dante Sica. He resigned on 13 October 2022 for health reasons, and was succeeded by Raquel Olmos.

References

External links

Official website of the Ministry of Labour
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