Alexis Guerrera

Alexis Raúl Guerrera (born 2 February 1971) is an Argentine teacher and politician. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies, a position he previously held from 2019 to 2020. Since 2024 he has also served as the Chamber's president.

Alexis Guerrera
President of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 December 2023
Vice President	Enrique Alejandro Dichiara
Preceded by	Enrique Alejandro Dichiara
Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2023
Constituency	Fourth Electoral Section
In office 10 December 2019 – 22 December 2020
Constituency	Fourth Electoral Section
Minister of Transport
In office 3 May 2021 – 29 November 2022
President	Alberto Fernández
Preceded by	Mario Meoni
Succeeded by	Diego Giuliano
Mayor of General Pinto
In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2019
Preceded by	Luis Alberto Bruni
Succeeded by	Jorge Alfredo Zavatarelli
Personal details
Born	(1971-02-02) 2 February 1971 (age 54) General Pinto, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist Party (until 2016) Renewal Front (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	Front for Victory (2003–2016) Frente de Todos (2019–2023) Union for the Homeland (2023–present)

He was Minister of Transport of Argentina from 2021 to 2022, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández; he was appointed following the death of his predecessor, Mario Meoni, in a car accident on 23 April 2021.

Guerrera also previously served as intendente (mayor) of his hometown of General Pinto from 2003 to 2019, and as president of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura, a state-owned subsidiary of Ferrocarriles Argentinos. A former member of the Justicialist Party and the Front for Victory, Guerrera joined the Renewal Front in 2016.

Early life and career

Guerrera was born on 2 February 1971 in General Pinto, a partido in the North-west of Buenos Aires Province.^[1] In his youth he joined the Justicialist Party's Peronist Youth, becoming the secretary-general of the General Pinto Peronist Youth aged 25.^[2] He served as a member of the General Pinto city council and, in 2003, Guerrera became intendente (mayor) of General Pinto as a member of the Front for Victory coalition.^[3][4]

In 2016, Guerrera joined the Renewal Front led by Sergio Massa. In 2019, as a member of the newly formed Frente de Todos (of which the Renewal Front is part), Guerrera was elected as a member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies in the Fourth Electoral Section.^[5]

In 2020, Guerrera was appointed president of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura (also known as ADIF, a state-owned train infrastructure company), succeeding Ricardo Lissalde.^[6] Following the death of Transport Minister Mario Meoni in a car accident on 23 April 2021, Guerrera was appointed as the new Minister of Transport of Argentina on 3 May 2021.

Minister of Transport

Guerrera has stated his opposition to the nationalization of the Paraná-Paraguay riverway.^[7]

In November 2022, Guerrera announced he would step down from his position in the ministry for health reasons. He was replaced by Diego Giuliano, also of the Renewal Front.^[8]

Personal life

Guerrera is openly gay.^[9] During his first term as member of the Provincial Chamber of Deputies, Guerrera presided the parliamentary commission on gender and diversity and sponsored one of the province's anti-discrimination bills.^[10]

Electoral history

Executive

Electoral history of Alexis Guerrera

Election	Office	List		Votes			Result	Ref.
				Total	%	P.
2003	Mayor of General Pinto		Justicialist Party	3,209	52.20%	1st	Elected	[11]
2007			Front for Victory	3,998	62.14%	1st	Elected	[12]
2011			Front for Victory	4,697	71.02%	1st	Elected	[13]
2015			Front for Victory	4,354	66.78%	1st	Elected	[14]

Legislative

Electoral history of Alexis Guerrera

Election	Office	List		#	District	Votes			Result	Ref.
						Total	%	P.
2001	Councillor		Justicialist Party	1	General Pinto Partido	2,577	49.51%	1st[a]	Elected	[15]
2019	Provincial Deputy		Frente de Todos	5	Fourth Electoral Section	182,459	44.72%	2nd[a]	Elected	[16]
2023			Union for the Homeland	3	Fourth Electoral Section	136,438	37.66%	1st[a]	Elected	[17]

1. Presented on an electoral list. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.