José Ignacio de Mendiguren
José Ignacio de Mendiguren | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Industry and Productive Development | |
| In office 16 August 2022 – 10 December 2023 | |
| President | Alberto Fernández |
| Preceded by | Daniel Scioli (as Minister of Productive Development) |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2021 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Minister of Production | |
| In office 3 January 2002 – 3 October 2002 | |
| President | Eduardo Duhalde |
| Preceded by | Livio Kühl |
| Succeeded by | Aníbal Fernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1950 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party (until 2013) Renewal Front (since 2013) |
| Other political affiliations | United for a New Alternative (2013–2015) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
José Ignacio "Vasco" de Mendiguren (born 23 August 1950) is an Argentine industrialist and politician. He was chairman of the Argentine Industrial Union, director of the National Bank of Argentina, and Minister of Production during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde. From 2013 to 2021, he was a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province, as part of the Renewal Front and later as part of the Frente de Todos.
From 2020 to 2022, he was president of the Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (BICE). In 2022, he was appointed as Secretary of Production by new economy minister Sergio Massa, mirroring his previous position as Minister of Production and succeeding Daniel Scioli. He remained in this role until December 2023.