1. Carlos Alfonso Tomada was born on 4 May 1948 and is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the country's Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Security from 2003 to 2015, having first been appointed by former President Nestor Kirchner, and reappointed by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Carlos Tomada played rugby for the Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires club and at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires.
Carlos Tomada enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, was active in the Peronist Youth, and earned a law degree in 1973.
Carlos Tomada served as a consultant to the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation from 1986 onward, and from 1987 to 1989, served as National Director of Labor Relations.
Carlos Tomada was named Professor of Labor Relations at his alma mater in 1988, served as Department Dean, and taught at the National University of La Matanza.
Carlos Tomada acted as a labor dispute mediator in subsequent years, and in 1997, was invited to the First World Summit of Labor Mediation.
Carlos Tomada was a founding member of the Calafate Group, a think tank organized with Governor Nestor Kirchner in 1998, and on May 25,2003, he was sworn into the Cabinet in his current post as Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Security by the newly elected President Kirchner.
Carlos Tomada headed the Front for Victory party list in 2007 for the election of National Deputies representing the city of Buenos Aires.
Carlos Tomada was elected in October 2007; but forfeited his seat for reappointment as Minister of Labour by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Carlos Tomada's tenure was highlighted by the August 2004 establishment of the National Council on Employment, Productivity, and Minimum Wages, which he presides and which periodically sets minimum wages and other labour guidelines.
Carlos Tomada served as President of the ILO Administrative Council in 2005 and 2006, and remained active in the ILO afterwards.
Carlos Tomada announced his candidacy for Mayor of Buenos Aires in 2011 as a FpV candidate.
Carlos Tomada was not nominated, but instead became the running mate to FpV nominee Daniel Filmus.
In 2020, Carlos Tomada was appointed ambassador of Argentina to Mexico by the government of Alberto Fernandez.
Carlos Tomada is due to present his credentials before the Mexican government in October 2020.