Gustavo Béliz

Gustavo Beliz
Secretary of Strategic Affairs
In office 10 December 2019 –29 August 2022

Beliz is a graduate of the School of Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1989) and pursued postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics (1994) after winning a British Council scholarship to research globalization and state reform.

FHe was a professor at the School of Information Science at Universidad Austral between 1995 and 2001, and a professor at the Master's in Organizational Communications and an associate researcher at the Institute of Advanced Business Studies between 2000 and 2001. In 1987, he won a scholarship to Japan, as part of the cultural agreements signed by President Alfonsín and Prime Minister Nakasone. He was named one of the 10 Outstanding Young People of Argentina by the Junior Chamber of Buenos Aires in 1992. In 1999 Time magazine and CNN included him in their list of 50 Latin American Leaders for the Third Millennium.

Political career

Gustavo Beliz held several public offices during Carlos Menem’s presidency, including Minister of the Interior. He resigned in 1995 after opposing the 1994 constitutional reform and alleging corruption. In 1996, he founded the New Leadership Party and ran for Chief of Government of Buenos Aires, receiving 13.1% of the vote. He was elected to the Buenos Aires City Legislature in 1997 and later joined the Encounter for the City coalition in the 2000 city elections, which placed second.

In 2001, Beliz was elected to the Senate but was unable to take office due to a legal dispute. His party joined the winning Front for Victory coalition in 2003. In 2019, presidential candidate Alberto Fernández announced that Beliz would join his team, having previously worked with him during the Kirchner administration. ^[3]

Minister of Justice, Citizen Security and Human Rights (2003-2004)

Following Kirchner's victory in the 2003 presidential elections, Beliz became Minister of Justice, Citizen Security, and Human Rights and launched a campaign to promote transparency within Argentina's federal judiciary. He advocated for the impeachment of members of the Supreme Court who were suspected of corruption and instituted the method of self-limitation in the appointment of judges by the Office of the President through a system of challenges and public hearings, which allowed for greater transparency and citizen participation. ^[4] He resigned from office after a confrontation with Jaime Stiuso. ^[5]

Career at The Interamerican Development Bank (2005-2019)

Between 2005 and 2013, he lived in Washington, DC, working at the Inter-American Development Bank. In 2013, he moved to Uruguay, to coordinate the Citizen Security regional cluster. Between 2014 and October 2019 he was director of the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). ^[6]

Secretary of Strategic Affair for the President (since December 2019)

As Secretary of Strategic Affairs, he is a cabinet minister and is responsible for designing and implementing the foreign relations strategy for the Office of the President, working in partnership with Argentina's other ministries. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Publications

• Argentina hacia el año 2000. Editorial Galerna, 1986.
• CGT, el otro poder. Editorial Sudamericana-Planeta, 1988.
• La Argentina ausente. Editorial Sudamericana, 1990.
• Vale la pena. Adiós a la vieja política. Editorial Sudamericana, 1993.
• Política social, la cuenta pendiente (compilador). Editorial Sudamericana, 1995.
• Buenos Aires vale la pena. Editorial Planeta, 1996.
• No Robarás ¿Es posible ganarle a la corrupción? (compilador). Editorial de Belgrano, 1997.
• Proyecto Ciudad. Fondo Editorial Nueva Dirigencia, 1999.
• La cultura profesional del periodismo argentino (coautor con Enrique Zuleta Puceiro). Universidad Austral, 1999.
• El otro modelo. Grupo Editor Latinoamericano, 2000.
• Robotlution, BID, 2017.
• Industry 4.0. Creating the future , BID 2018.
• Planet Algorithm, BID, 2018.

References

1. "Gustavo Beliz". ICTDS. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
2. "Argentina's markets jumpy as President-elect Fernandez plots new path". Reuters. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
3. "Noticias Magazine interview". 24 January 2017.
4. Article Clarín Newspaper (Buenos Aires) July 16, 2005.
5. "¿Quién es Gustavo Béliz?". Chequeado.
6. "PwC interview" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
7. "Beliz in Fernandez's National Cabinet". 8 October 2019.
8. "Official bulletin".
9. "Secretary for Strategic Affairs". 29 December 2023.