| ||
---|---|---|
Political career President of Argentina
Elections Bibliography ![]() | ||
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Javier Milei, the president of Argentina since December 2023. As of August 2024, Milei has made 19 international trips to eight countries during his presidency, five of which were to the United States.
Number of visits | Country |
---|---|
5 | United States |
2 | Italy, Spain, Switzerland |
1 | Brazil, Chile, Czechia, El Salvador, France, Germany, Israel, Vatican City |
In 2023, Milei had made a single trip overseas as president-elect.
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | New York City | 27 November | Hasidic community. Notably paying tribute to Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson and meeting Rabbi Simon Jacobson, who has had a great influence on him. Afterward, Milei met with former President Bill Clinton, as well as several officials from the American government and the International Monetary Fund. [1] | While serving as president-elect, Milei had made a trip to New York City, citing personal reasons. While on this trip, he first visited and connected with the
Country | Areas visited | Date(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Davos | 17 January | World Economic Forum Summit in Davos. There, he held a speech critical of certain World Economic Forum policies and ideals while appealing to entrepreneurs to invest in Argentina. [2] | President Milei traveled to the
![]() | Jerusalem | 6 February | Israeli President, Isaac Herzog as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called Milei a "great friend of the Jewish State". [3] While visiting the area near the conflict with Hamas, Milei met with the families of the victims of the Israel–Hamas hostage crisis. [4] During his trip, Milei also vowed to move the Argentine embassy to Jerusalem. [5] | Despite having said that his first presidential trip abroad would be to Israel, it became his second official visit as president. During his visit to Israel, he met with the
![]() ![]() | Vatican City Rome | 11 February | Pope Francis in his first visit to the Vatican as president where they also commemorated and Francis canonized Argentina's first female saint. After that, Milei met with the Italian President, Sergio Mattarella, Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni along with prominent business and religious leaders during his trip. [6] | Milei visited
![]() | Washington, D.C. National Harbor | 24 February | After having met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Casa Rosada, Milei boarded a plane bound for Washington, D.C. to later attend Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland where he was scheduled to hold a speech the same day. Milei also met with former President Donald Trump. [7] |
![]() | Miami Austin | 10–12 April | On April 10, Milei visited a Chabad Lubavitch synagogue in Miami which honored him with a distinction. On April 12, he met with Elon Musk in Austin, Texas where he toured the Tesla Gigafactory. [8] |
![]() | Los Angeles | 5–6 May | Milei traveled to the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. He gave a speech on May 6 and encouraged the business leaders present in the meeting to invest in Argentina, later he met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Elon Musk, in his second meeting with the businessman in 2024. [9] [10] |
![]() | Madrid | 17–19 May | El camino del libertario" in Madrid. On May 18 he held a meeting with business executives and Santiago Abascal, the leader of the Spanish political party Vox. On May 19 he gave a speech in the "Europa Viva 24" political event. [11] | On May 17 Javier Milei presented his book "
![]() | San Francisco Bay Area | 28–30 May | On May 28 Milei met with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, On May 29 he met with Condoleezza Rice, the Director of the Hoover Institution and former Secretary of State, and Richard Saller, President of Stanford University, it was on this university where he also gave a speech. On the same day he met with Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Inc and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc and Google. Finally on May 30 he gave a speech in the Pacific Summit conference. Later on the same day he held a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms. [12] |
![]() | San Salvador | 1 June | Nayib Bukele. [13] | Attended the second inauguration of President
![]() | Fasano, Apulia | 13–15 June | Argentina was one of the countries invited to the 50th G7 summit hosted by Italy at the Borgo Egnazia resort in Apulia. There, Milei met with heads of state of the G7 such as French president Emmanuel Macron and US president Joe Biden as well as other invited leaders. |
![]() | Bürgenstock Resort | 15–16 June | After his presidential trip to Italy, Milei attented the Ukraine peace summit at Bürgenstock Resort in Swizerland. |
![]() | Madrid | 21 June | On 21 June, Milei made a private non-official visit to Madrid, Spain. There, he met with political opponents to Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, whom he and his wife, Begoña Gómez, had accused of corruption by Milei, which soured diplomatic tensions between the two countries. [14] |
![]() | Hamburg | 22 June | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The German government had also organised a greeting with military honors as well as a joint press conference between Milei and Scholz, but this was later canceled by the German government. [14] | The day after meeting with Spanish opposition politicans, Milei met with
![]() | Prague | 24 June | On June 24, Milei visited Czechia and was greeted by Czech President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala whom he would have a meeting regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war before giving a speech at a libertarian think tank, the Liberal Institute. [15] |
![]() | Balneário Camboriú | 7–8 July | Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Brazil, where he met with former President Jair Bolsonaro. [16] | On July 7, Milei traveled to Balneário Camboriú as a invitee to the
![]() | Sun Valley | 12–13 July | On July 12, Milei traveled to Sun Valley, Idaho as an invitee to a Allen & Company meeting with business and technology executives. [17] |
![]() | Paris | 25–27 July | Attended the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Also held a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron. [18] |
![]() | Santiago | 8 August | Attended a commemorative event for the anniversary of the foundation of the GasAndes company. [19] |
Republican Proposal is a political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. 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 por el Cambio coalition, and its leader is former Argentine president Mauricio Macri, who is the party's president since May 2024.
Mariana "Lali" Espósito is an Argentine singer, actress, dancer, and model. She began her career in 2003 in the children's telenovela Rincón de Luz. Espósito continued to build her acting and singing career with subsequent supporting roles in other telenovelas such as Floricienta and Chiquititas. However, it was her main role in the telenovela Casi Ángeles that really propelled her to fame, making her a household name in Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe. From 2007 to 2012, she was a part of the popular teen pop band Teen Angels, which originated from the television series Casi Ángeles. The group was commercially successful and toured throughout Argentina and countries such as Israel, Spain, Italy, and Latin America.
Argentina–Spain relations are the bilateral relations between the Argentine Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. Since a great portion of the immigrants to Argentina before the mid-19th century were of Spanish descent, the large majority of Argentines are at least partly of Spanish ancestry. Also, a significant part of the late-19th century/early-20th century immigrants to Argentina were Spaniards. Both nations are members of the Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations.
Alfonso Prat-Gay is an Argentine economist and politician. Following the election of Mauricio Macri to the presidency on 2015, he became Minister of Economy.
Patricia Bullrich is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Minister of Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under president Mauricio Macri from 2015 to 2019. She is the chairwoman of Republican Proposal.
Relations between Argentina and Israel began shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, with the countries establishing diplomatic relations on 31 May 1949.
The National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism was a state agency of the Government of Argentina which is charged with receiving complaints and pursuing charges against citizens accused of acts of discrimination or hatred. Created in 1995 by Federal Law 24515, INADI is considered one of Argentina's National human rights institutions. On 22 February 2024, the government of Javier Milei announced that it would close INADI permanently.
Victoria Eugenia Villarruel is an Argentine politician, lawyer, writer, and activist who has served as vice president of Argentina since 2023. Described as a conservative politician, she is the founder of the civil association Centro de Estudios Legales sobre el Terrorismo y sus Víctimas, which she has chaired since its inception. She was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2021 to 2023. Villarruel belongs to the La Libertad Avanza political coalition. She has been accused of Argentine state terrorism denial by several media outlets and human rights organisations. Villarruel denies such accusations, maintaining that she does not support the National Reorganization Process.
Javier Gerardo Milei is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as the president of Argentina since December 2023. Milei has taught university courses and written on various aspects of economics and politics, and also hosted radio programs on the subject. Milei's views distinguish him within Argentine politics.
General elections were held in Argentina on 22 October 2023 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, and the governors of most provinces. As no presidential candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held on 19 November, in which Javier Milei defeated Sergio Massa to become President of Argentina. Incumbent president Alberto Fernández and incumbent vice president and former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, despite both being eligible for a second, consecutive term, did not seek re-election.
La Libertad Avanza is an Argentine political coalition, which originated in Buenos Aires. It has been described as far-right, with conservative and ultraconservative stances on social and cultural issues, and as right-wing libertarian or ultra-liberal on economic issues. Its first electoral participation was at the 2021 Argentine legislative election, obtaining the third place with 17% of the votes in the capital.
Media outlets have variously referred to Javier Milei, who was elected president of Argentina in a run-off on November 19, 2023, as right-wing populist, right-wing libertarian, far-right, and ultraconservative. Economically, they have described his positions as neoliberal and ultraliberal. Milei primarily identifies as a minarchist and liberal-libertarian, or classical liberal, while also aligning theoretically with anarcho-capitalism and paleolibertarianism.
The presidency of Javier Milei began on 10 December 2023, when Javier Milei was sworn into office to a four-year term as the president of Argentina. Milei took office alongside vice president Victoria Villarruel following the La Libertad Avanza victory in the 2023 Argentine general election, with 55.65% of the vote in the second round against former economy minister Sergio Massa's 44.35%. Milei was elected with the highest total vote ever in Argentina and the highest percentage since 1973, amid the still ongoing 2018 Argentine monetary crisis.
The inauguration of Javier Milei as president of Argentina took place on Sunday, 10 December 2023, in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires. The inauguration marked the commencement of the four-year term of Milei as president and Victoria Villarruel as vice president. The inauguration marked the formal culmination of Milei's presidential transition that began after he won the 2023 Argentine presidential election held on 19 November 2023. Over twenty national leaders and representatives attended the ceremony.
Conan was an English Mastiff adopted by Argentina's president Javier Milei as a puppy in 2004, and named after the title character in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian. Milei, who never married and is childless, referred to Conan as his closest friend and confidant. Conan died from spinal cancer in 2017. Milei cloned Conan in 2018, and the resulting clones have attracted international attention since Milei's 2023 Argentine presidential election campaign.
In the 2023 Argentine presidential election, Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel were respectively elected president and vice president of Argentina, defeating peronists Sergio Massa and Agustín Rossi 55.7% to 44.3% of the votes. It was the highest percentage of the vote since Argentina's transition to democracy. Milei and Villarruel took office on 10 December 2023. Their victory represented a significant political upheaval in Argentina, challenging the traditional political dynamics and signaling a new era in Argentine politics characterized by radical changes and uncertainties. Milei's campaign and eventual victory in particular were subject to intense scrutiny and analysis both nationally and internationally, as he was variously described as a far-right populist, right-wing libertarian, ultraconservative, and political outsider by major news outlets across the globe, and compared to both Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, among others.
Decree 70/2023, titled "Bases for the reconstruction of the Argentine economy" was signed on December 20, 2023, by the Argentine president Javier Milei. It is known in the media as the "Megadecreto" ("Mega-decree") or "decretazo" for its large scope.
Sandra Viviana Pettovello is an Argentine journalist, consultant, and politician who has served as the Minister of Human Capital since 10 December 2023 under the appointment by President Javier Milei.
The 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina took place on 1 March 2024. It was a speech delivered by president Javier Milei at the National Congress of Argentina.
Shimon Axel Wahnish is an Argentinean rabbi and diplomat. Since 2024, he has been Argentina's ambassador to Israel. For the major role that Wahnish played in fostering Argentian President Javier Milei's growing affinity and interest in Judaism, Wahnish has been called Milei's rabbi and spiritual advisor, even though Milei is not Jewish.