Maximiliano "Maxi" Ferraro (born 4 November 1975) is an

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politician who has served as National Deputy for

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since 2019 and is the current chairman of the

Civic Coalition ARI Civic Coalition ARI (, CC-ARI), until October 2009 known as Support for an Egalitarian Republic (, ARI), is a centrist political party in Argentina founded in 2002 by Elisa Carrió. It is a member of Cambiemos since 2015, along with centrist a ...

Political career

From 2005 to 2007 he was chief advisor to national deputy

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. Between 2007 and 2011 he was also the Undersecretary of Coordination of the

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. In 2011, Ferraro was elected to the Legislature in his own right, and he was reelected in 2015 under the ECO alliance. On 15 December 2018, Ferraro was elected president of the Civic Coalition ARI succeeding Mariana Zuvic, and during the Argentine legislative elections of 2019 he was elected national deputy for the City of Buenos Aires under the Cambiemos ticket.

Personal life

An openly gay man, Ferraro is known for his work regarding social legislation and

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Electoral history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferraro, Maximiliano 1975 births Living people Argentine people of Italian descent Politicians from Buenos Aires Members of the Buenos Aires City Legislature Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Argentine deputies 2019–2021 Argentine deputies 2021–2023 Argentine deputies 2023–2025 Civic Coalition ARI politicians Argentine gay politicians