Patricia Bullrich

Patricia Bullrich (; born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine politician who was appointed Minister of National Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under president Mauricio Macri from 2015 to 2019. She was the chairwoman of the Republican Proposal until 2025.

She was born in Buenos Aires, part of the Pueyrredón family. Bullrich graduated from the University of Palermo, and as a young woman she was involved with the Peronist Youth. She married Marcelo Langieri, secretary of Rodolfo Galimberti; Galimberti was a leader of the Montoneros guerrilla and her brother-in-law. They went into exile in 1977, during the Dirty War, and she returned in 1982, after the Falklands War. She was elected deputy for the Justicialist Party in 1993. She left the party and started her own, but could not secure a re-election. She joined the cabinet of president Fernando De la Rúa in 2001.

Following the election of Mauricio Macri to the presidency in the 2015 Argentine general election, she became the Minister of Security. She placed regulations against roadblocks from piqueteros, and opposed the secessionist organization Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche. Leading the "hawk" sector of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition, she was appointed its president in 2020. She ran for the 2023 Argentine primary and general elections. She won the primaries against Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, but ended third in the general elections behind Sergio Massa and Javier Milei. She supported Milei on the ballotage with Massa. After Milei was elected President, he chose Bullrich to serve again as Minister of Security. Provided by Wikipedia