Argentine President
Appoints New Chief of
Cabinet
Argentine President
Cristina Fernandez on
Wednesday named Sergio
Massa as cabinet chief
after accepting the
resignation of Alberto
Fernandez.
Alberto Fernandez
resigned on Wednesday
morning, and is to take
a new position offered
by Massa at president's
request on Thursday.
Alberto Fernandez
offered to resign after
the Senate rejected a
government-backed tax
hike on soy exports,
state news agency
Telamsaid.
Massa, 36, is the mayor
of the Buenos Aires
suburb of Tigre. Before
that he served as
director of Anses,
Argentina's social
security agency.
The Senate's rejection
of the tax rise to
agricultural products
and livestock exports
also led to the
resignation of
agricultural secretary
Javier de Urquiza who
was replaced on
Wednesday by Carlos
Cheppi.
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