Commitment to Change () was a

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political party in

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, principally active in the

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History

The party was led by

Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previously ...

, businessman and chairman of

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. The party was conceived as a source for new politicians, as the major parties were discredited after the December 2001 riots in Argentina. It has been active since he stood to be Mayor of Buenos Aires in

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. He won the first round but lost the runoff election with 47% of the popular vote to Aníbal Ibarra. The party did however win a large number of members of the city legislature. In 2003 Commitment to Change also won five seats in the

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, the lower house of the

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. In 2005 the party teamed up with the centre-right party of Ricardo López Murphy, Recreate for Growth, principally active in

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. The new alliance was named

Republican Proposal Republican Proposal (), usually referred to by its abbreviation PRO, is a political party in Argentina. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national party in 2010. It is the major component of the Juntos ...

or usually PRO. The front won nine deputies in the 2005 legislative elections. Macri became a deputy in 2005. Ahead of the 2007 elections, Macri and López Murphy have been in discussions with Jorge Sobisch, governor of

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and likely presidential candidate in 2007, to create a nationwide centre-right political force. López Murphy has fallen out with Sobisch. Macri withdrew his support to Sobisch after the scandal of the death of the teacher Fuentealba during a demonstration in Neuquen. On 2 April 2008, Commitment to Change replaced its name to

.Cambio de Nombre
(in Spanish) A year later, Recreate for Growth was absorbed by Republican Proposal.

References

External links

Official site
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