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Renewal Front
Frente Renovador
AbbreviationFR
LeaderSergio Massa
PresidentPablo Mirolo
FounderSergio Massa
Founded24 June 2013; 12 years ago (2013-06-24)
Split fromJusticialist Party
HeadquartersAv. del Libertador 850, Buenos Aires
Youth wingLa Renovadora
Membership (2022)28,000[1]
IdeologyPeronism[2]
Federal Peronism[3]
Political positionCentre[A]
National affiliationUnion for the Homeland
Colors  Blue
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
11 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72
Province Governors
1 / 24
Website
frenterenovador.org.ar
^ A: The party has been variously described as centrist,[4] centre-left,[5] and centre-right.[6]

The Frente Renovador (FR) is an Argentine Peronist political party. The party is a member of the centre-left[7] political coalition Union for the Homeland. In 2019 the party was legally recognized after obtaining definitive legal status in the electoral districts of Buenos Aires Province, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, La Pampa and Chubut.[8][9][10][11]

The immediate precedent is a district electoral coalition of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, established in 2013 to participate in the legislative elections of that year. It was composed by the parties Fuerza Organizada Renovadora Democrática, Frente Renovador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Unión Popular, Nuevo Buenos Aires, Tercera Posición, Movimiento por la Equidad, la Justicia y la Organización Popular, Party of Labour and Equity, and the Partido de la Concertación Social, and recognized Sergio Massa as its most prominent leader, who headed the list of candidates for national deputies.[12]

Although the Frente Renovador did not run in the 2015 presidential elections, the national political coalition UNA, which supported Sergio Massa's candidacy for president, is frequently referred to as the "Renewal Front".[13] Currently, the party is a member of the Union for the Homeland political coalition, previously called Everybody's Front, which fielded Massa himself as a candidate for the first national deputy for the Buenos Aires Province. In December 2019 Massa was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation, occupying the third place in the presidential line of succession.

In the 2023 elections, Sergio Massa was the candidate put forward by the Renewal Front and Union for the Homeland, and became the most voted Peronist candidate. Nevertheless, he lost in the ballotage to candidate Javier Milei, who was sworn in as president of Argentina on 10 December.[14]

History

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It was in opposition against the ruling Front for Victory faction within the Justicialist Party and therefore considered part of the dissident Peronist wing[15] until 2019.

The Front was founded by Sergio Massa, the mayor of Tigre, in 2013, ahead of the Argentine mid-term elections.[16] Massa was chief of the cabinet under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2008 to 2009 and member of the Front for Victory but broke with the Kirchnerist faction and formed his own political movement.

In the October 2013 mid-term election for the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, the party won 43.9% of the votes and 16 of 35 seats in Buenos Aires Province, distancing the Front of Victory by more than 11 percentage points.[17][18]

The Renewal Front demonstrated against a possible reform of the National Constitution to enable a third consecutive term of the then President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.[19]

The Renewal Front held Sergio Massa's candidacy for Presidency within the national coalition for United for a New Alternative. Massa triumphs in the intern against José Manuel de la Sota and is a candidate in the 2015 presidential elections, where he obtained third place and failed to enter the ballotage.

In the 2017 legislative elections, it is grouped together with Generation for a National Encounter, led by Margarita Stolbizer, to form the 1 Country front which promoted the Massa formula for senator and Felipe Solá for deputy.[20]

After discrepancies regarding the direction that space should take in October 2018, Felipe Solá with Facundo Moyano, Daniel Arroyo, Fernando Asencio and Jorge Toboada decided to leave the space, forming another block in congress and definitively breaking with Sergio Massa.[21]

In 2019, the Renewal Front formed the Frente de Todos supporting the presidential formula Alberto Fernández – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The leader of the party, Sergio Massa, ran for the first national deputy candidate for the province of Buenos Aires. Massa became President of the Chamber of Deputies and Mario Meoni became Minister of Transport. In July 2022, Sergio Massa transferred to economy 'superminister', leading a new ministry overseeing economic, manufacturing and agricultural policy.[22]

In the 2023 Argentine general election, Massa was the presidential candidate of the ruling Union for the Homeland. In the runoff Libertarian candidate Javier Milei defeated Massa with 55.7% of the vote, the highest percentage of the vote since Argentina's transition to democracy. Massa conceded defeat shortly before the official results were published.[23][24]

  • First logo used in 2013
    First logo used in 2013
  • Logo used in 2015
    Logo used in 2015

Electoral performance

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President

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Election Candidate Coalition First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2015 Sergio Massa United for a New Alternative 5,386,977 21.39 (#3) — Lost
2019 Alberto Fernández (PJ) Everyone's Front 12,473,709 48.10 (#1) — Won
2023 Sergio Massa Union for the Homeland 9,853,492 36.78 (#1) 11,598,720 44.31 (#2) Lost

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cuántos afiliados a un partido político hay en el país y qué agrupaciones crecieron más en el último año".
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    • Sarasqueta, Gonzalo. "Anatomía del relato político: conceptualización, funciones y piezas de una herramienta comunicacional estratégica. El caso del presidente Mauricio Macri (2015-2018)". Política y Sociedad (in Spanish). 57 (3). Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 831. doi:10.5209/poso.67224. ISSN 1988-3129. A su vez, intenta trazar una división en el seno del peronismo, entre el sector responsable, interpretado por los gobernadores del interior del país y el centrista Frente Renovador, y la rama populista, representada por el kirchnerismo. [At the same time, he is attempting to draw a line within Peronism between the responsible sector, represented by the governors of the interior of the country and the centrist Frente Renovador, and the populist branch, represented by Kirchnerism.]
    • Samot, Wilkins Román (16 September 2023). "Candidatos, propuestas partidistas y posiciones sobre los Derechos Humanos ante las elecciones de Argentina en el 2023" (in Spanish). Anteriormente, fue presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, jefe de Gabinete de ministros, intendente de Tigre y director de la ANSES. Es el fundador y líder del Frente Renovador, un partido de orientación centrista y peronista. [Previously, he was president of the Chamber of Deputies, chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, mayor of Tigre, and director of ANSES. He is the founder and leader of the Frente Renovador, a centrist and Peronist party.]
    • "Se calienta la contienda electoral en Argentina entre Macri y el peronismo". Noticias RCN (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Este miércoles vence el plazo para inscribir partidos y frentes y el último enigma a ser desentrañado es cómo se llamará la unión de las fuerzas de la expresidenta peronista de centroizquierda Cristina Kirchner con las del Frente Renovador de un exjefe de gabinete suyo, el centrista Sergio Massa, hasta hace poco un peronista antikirchnerista que buscaba presentar su candidatura presidencial. [This Wednesday is the deadline for registering parties and coalitions, and the last mystery to be unravelled is what the alliance between the forces of centre-left Peronist former president Cristina Kirchner and those of the Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) led by her former chief of staff, centrist Sergio Massa, will be called. Until recently, Massa was an anti-Kirchnerist Peronist who was seeking to run for president.]
    • Nugent, Ciara (20 July 2023). "Astuto ministro de Economía argentino intenta desafiar los pronósticos electorales". El Observador. En 2015, Massa se presentó a las elecciones presidenciales por su propio partido centrista, el Frente Renovador (FR), con la promesa de enviar a prisión por corrupción a los miembros del movimiento de Kirchner. [In 2015, Massa ran for president on behalf of his own centrist party, the Frente Renovador (FR), promising to send members of Kirchner's movement to prison for corruption.]
    • Nugent, Ciara (17 July 2023). "FT: el astuto ministro de Economía argentino intenta desafiar los pronósticos electorales". El Cronista. En 2015, Massa se presentó a las elecciones presidenciales por su propio partido centrista, el Frente Renovador, con la promesa de enviar a prisión por corrupción a los miembros del movimiento de Kirchner. Ahora es su candidato ungido, un respaldo que asegura millones de votos peronistas. [In 2015, Massa ran for president on behalf of his own centrist party, the Frente Renovador, promising to send members of Kirchner's movement to prison for corruption. He is now her anointed candidate, a endorsement that guarantees millions of Peronist votes.]
    • Hadida, Sebastián (20 October 2020). "Con un Congreso partidario, Massa busca reposicionar al Frente Renovador como "puente" para sumar nuevos aliados al Frente de Todos". Noticias Argentinas (in Spanish). El Frente Renovador y el PJ de los gobernadores representan el ala moderada y centrista, mientras que del otro lado de la balanza operan La Cámpora, otros sectores cristinistas de Unidad Ciudadana y los movimientos sociales como el Movimiento Evita y el Frente Patria Grande de Juan Grabois. [The Frente Renovador and the PJ governors represent the moderate, centrist wing, while on the other side of the political spectrum are La Cámpora, other Kirchnerist sectors of Unidad Ciudadana, and social movements such as the Movimiento Evita and Juan Grabois' Frente Patria Grande.]
    • "Rumbo a la Casa Rosada: Fernández suma a Sergio Massa en el "Frente de Todos" para enfrentar a Macri". Cambio21 (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Hoy venció el plazo para inscribir partidos y frentes y el último enigma a ser desentrañado era cómo se llamaría la unión de las fuerzas de la expresidenta peronista de centroizquierda Cristina Fernández de Kirchner con las del Frente Renovador de un exjefe de gabinete suyo, el centrista Sergio Massa, hasta hace poco un peronista antikirchnerista que buscaba presentar su candidatura presidencial. [Today was the deadline for registering parties and coalitions, and the last mystery to be unravelled was what name would be given to the alliance between the forces of centre-left Peronist former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and those of the Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) led by her former chief of staff, the centrist Sergio Massa, who until recently was an anti-Kirchner Peronist seeking to run for president.]
    • Brebbia, Juan M. (9 December 2020). Cultura política y conflictividad ideológica: Análisis exploratorio de los discursos sobre la grieta en la prensa digital - Argentina (2013-2019) (Maestría en Estudios Culturales thesis) (in Spanish). Rosario: Univesidad Nacional de Rosario. p. 9. Y el kirchnerismo (proveniente del Peronismo) integra sectores de centroizquierda e izquierda, y lideró en la última contienda electoral el espacio "Frente de Todos" (al que se incorporó el centrista "Frente Renovador"), pero en elecciones anteriores al "Frente para la victoria". [And Kirchnerism (which originated from Peronism) integrates centre-left and left-wing sectors, and led the ‘Frente de Todos’ (Front for All) coalition in the last election (which was joined by the centrist ‘Frente Renovador’ (Renewal Front)), but in previous elections it led the ‘Frente para la Victoria’ (Front for Victory).]
    • "Elecciones en Argentina: el "superministro" centrista Sergio Massa y el libertario Javier Milei se disputarán la presidencia en segunda vuelta". La República (in Spanish). 23 October 2023. Massa ha sabido rentabilizar de momento su postura centrista y moderada ante una figura mucho más rompedora como la de Milei, que incluso ha relativizado los crímenes de los militares en la dictadura y ha criticado al papa Francisco. [Massa has managed to capitalise on his centrist and moderate stance in the face of a much more disruptive figure such as Milei, who has even downplayed the crimes committed by the military during the dictatorship and criticised Pope Francis.]
    • Papaleo, Cristina (12 July 2023). "Argentina: elecciones 2023 bajo el signo de la crisis". Deutsche Welle (in Spanish). UP presentó, después de varias movidas internas, su lista con Sergio Massa, peronista de centro (Frente Renovador), hoy ministro de Economía, junto con Agustín Rossi, jefe de Gabinete de la Nación. [After several internal changes, UP presented its list with Sergio Massa, a centrist Peronist (Frente Renovador) who is currently Minister of Economy, alongside Agustín Rossi, Chief of Staff of the Nation.]
    • Urdaneta, Gabriela Matute (21 October 2015). "¿Quiénes son los principales candidatos a la presidencia de Argentina?". CNN. Sergio Massa, de ideología centrista, es el candidato del Frente Renovador. [Sergio Massa, a centrist, is the candidate for the Frente Renovador.]
    • "Fernández suma a Sergio Massa en el "Frente de Todos" para enfrentar a Macri". La Tercera (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Hoy venció el plazo para inscribir partidos y frentes y el último enigma a ser desentrañado era cómo se llamaría la unión de las fuerzas de la expresidenta peronista de centroizquierda Cristina Fernández de Kirchner con las del Frente Renovador de un exjefe de gabinete suyo, el centrista Sergio Massa, hasta hace poco un peronista antikirchnerista que buscaba presentar su candidatura presidencial. [Today was the deadline for registering parties and coalitions, and the last mystery to be unravelled was what name would be given to the alliance between the forces of centre-left Peronist former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and those of the Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) led by her former chief of staff, the centrist Sergio Massa, who until recently was an anti-Kirchnerist Peronist seeking to run for president.]
    • Auth, Pepe (25 October 2019). "19 de noviembre: intríngulis sin precedente en Argentina". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Fue intendente, diputado, jefe de Seguridad Social, jefe del gabinete de ministros en la primera presidencia de Cristina Kirchner, fundador del Frente Renovador, opción centrista modernizadora en el Justicialismo. [He was mayor, Member of Parliament, head of Social Security, Chief of Staff during Cristina Kirchner's first term as president, and founder of the Frente Renovador, a modernising centrist option within Peronism.]
    • "La oposición argentina selló su coalición tras conocerse el compañero de fórmula de Macri: Massa vuelve a aliarse con el kirchnerismo". Telemundo (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Frente de Todos es el nombre elegido para la coalición de partidos de la expresidenta peronista de centroizquierda Cristina Kirchner con el Frente Renovador, del centrista Sergio Massa, exjefe de gabinete de la exmandataria con quien luego se enfrentó y ahora vuelve a aliarse. [Frente de Todos is the name chosen for the coalition of parties formed by the centre-left Peronist former president Cristina Kirchner and the Frente Renovador, led by centrist Sergio Massa, the former president's former chief of staff with whom she later clashed and with whom she is now allied once again.]
    • "Graciela Camaño: "Como el Gobierno no puede mostrar gestión, polariza"". Infobae (in Spanish). 23 April 2017. Por su parte, Camaño señaló que el Frente Renovador sostendrá su postura centrista porque, según sus propias encuestas, "el electorado está dividido en tercios". [For his part, Camaño pointed out that the Frente Renovador will maintain its centrist stance because, according to its own polls, ‘the electorate is divided into thirds’.]
    • Araya, Tomás (30 August 2019). "Las primarias dan la victoria a la izquierda y castigan a Macri". Diario De Verdad (in Spanish). Una alianza inédita que va desde el centrista Frente Renovador de Sergio Massa a partidos radicales de izquierdas como Frente Patria Grande, el Partido Intransigente o Somos; desde el Partido Justicialista (la principal referencias del peronismo), a organizaciones de extrema izquierda como el Partido Solidario o el viejo Partido Comunista. [An unprecedented alliance ranging from Sergio Massa's centrist Frente Renovador to radical left-wing parties such as Frente Patria Grande, Partido Intransigente and Somos; from the Partido Justicialista (the main reference point for Peronism) to far-left organisations such as the Partido Solidario and the old Communist Party.]
    • "Argentina's provincial primaries boost pro-business candidate nationwide ahead of presidential election, with two-way race most likely". S&P Global. 6 May 2015. The biggest loser from these early tests of national presidential credibility is Sergio Massa, mayor of the municipality of Tigre near Buenos Aires, and leader of the dissident Peronist centrist Renewal Front (Frente Renovador: FR).
    • Mander, Benedict (6 November 2015). "Massa declines to show hand in Argentina presidential poll". Financial Times. Mr Massa — former mayor of Tigre, a middle-class suburban district north of Buenos Aires — was Ms Fernández's cabinet chief in 2008-09 before splitting from the government when he "no longer felt part of what was happening", forming the centrist Renewal Front party to run in the 2013 midterms.
    • Nugent, Ciara (17 July 2023). "Argentina's wily economy minister tries to defy electoral odds". Financial Times. Buenos Aires. In 2015, Massa ran for president for his own centrist party, Renewal Front, on a pledge to send members of Kirchner's movement to prison for corruption.
    • Sullivan, Mark P.; Nelson, Rebecca M. (9 December 2014). "Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. p. 4. The 2013 legislative elections raised the profile of a centrist dissident Peronist faction known as the Renewal Front (FR) led by Sergio Massa (a former Fernández cabinet chief and former mayor of Tigre) who was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.
    • Garcia, Marcelo J. (15 June 2019). "Can Pichetto deliver what the establishment believes he can?". Buenos Aires Times. He has already delivered on his first task: six years after having departed, Sergio Massa and his centrist Renewal Front have been roped back into the Peronist family.
    • Tantessio, José (18 October 2018). "Peronists rally in north amid growing signs of 'unity'". Buenos Aires Times. Speakers at the event were Manzur; lawmaker for the centrist Renewal Front in Congress, Graciela Camaño; and CGT leader Héctor Daer.
    • Klaver, Max (7 January 2019). "2019 forecast: Argentina's presidential elections". Foreign Brief. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Sergio Massa, a national congressman from Buenos Aires province and head of the Renewal Front – a centrist Peronist faction that rivals Kirchner's – is polling around 14%.
    • Iglesias, Facundo (15 October 2017). "Sergio Massa: "El kirchnerismo se pierde en la explicación de sus causas judiciales"". Perfil (in Spanish). El exjefe de gabinete de CFK posiciona a su Frente Renovador como la posible "fuerza de centro progresista" de cara a 2019. [CFK's former chief of staff positions his Frente Renovador party as the possible ‘progressive centrist force’ for 2019.]
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