Itai Hagman

Itai Hagman (born 13 February 1983) is an Argentine economist and politician who has been a National Deputy elected in the City of Buenos Aires since 2019. A member of the Patria Grande Front, Hagman was elected in the Frente de Todos list in 2019.

Itai Hagman
National Deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2019
Constituency	City of Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born	(1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 42) Jerusalem, Israel
Political party	Patria Grande Front
Other political affiliations	Unidad Porteña (2017–2019) Frente de Todos (2019–present)
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
Profession	Economist

Early life and education

Hagman was born on 13 February 1983 in Jerusalem.^[1] In his youth, he played football in the lower divisions of All Boys.^[2] He studied Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating in 2013. In addition, he has a post-graduate degree in Popular Education from Universidad Popular de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo.^[3]

Political career

In March 2010, Hagman was elected co-president of the Federación Universitaria de Buenos Aires (FUBA), Argentina's largest student federation.^[4] In 2013, Hagman became part of Marea Popular, a political group formed with the aim of competing in the 2013 legislative election in Buenos Aires. Alongside Popular Unity, Marea Popular formed part of the Camino Popular front; the list, which attained 2.17% of the vote in the P.A.S.O. primaries in August 2013, had Hagman as the first candidate to the Chamber of Deputies.^[5]

In 2016, Hagman launched, alongside others, the AHORA Buenos Aires platform. The platform was part of Unidad Ciudadana in Buenos Aires (where it was known as Unidad Porteña), and participated in the 2017 P.A.S.O. primaries against the lists headed by Daniel Filmus and Guillermo Moreno.^[6] The AHORA Buenos Aires list landed last in the primaries, and did not get to participate in the general election.^[7]

In 2018, he formed part of the foundation of the Patria Grande Front, alongside social leader Juan Grabois and other left-wing activists and politicians.^[8] Hagman was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2019 in the Frente de Todos list in Buenos Aires, in which he was the third candidate.^[9]

Itai Hagman will file a criminal complaint against Javier Milei for fraudulent maneuver, for violation of article 265 of the Penal Code.^[1]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Itai Hagman

Election	Office	List		#	District	Votes			Result	Ref.
						Total	%	P.
2019	National Deputy		Frente de Todos	3	City of Buenos Aires	641,054	35.02%	2nd[a]	Elected	[10]
2023			Union for the Homeland	4	City of Buenos Aires	577,225	31.41%	2nd[a]	Elected	[11]

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