Argentine president picks economy minister as running mate

[Judi Lynn]

Argentine president picks economy minister as running mate
08:39, June 27, 2011

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said Saturday that Economy Minister Amado Boudou would be her running mate in the Oct. 23 general elections.

"The Minister of Economy, Amado Boudou, is who will accompany me so that together we submit to the will of the people," Fernandez said in a televised speech, stressing Boudou's "loyalty" and "courage."

Boudou, 48, joined the national government in 2007 and was appointed economy minister two years later.

In his previous job as head of the state pensions body, Boudou won Fernandez's trust by proposing to nationalize the private pension funds in 2008, an idea the president accepted in order to overcome the financial crisis.

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