1. Jorge Taiana's father was Jorge Alberto Taiana, colleague and physician of former President Juan Peron.
13 Facts About Jorge Taiana
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Jorge Taiana was born in Buenos Aires as the fourth and second youngest child of Matilde Puebla and Jorge Alberto Taiana.
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Jorge Taiana's father was a prominent Argentine surgeon who later served in a number of social policy posts for President Juan Peron, as well as one of his personal physicians.
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Jorge Taiana attended the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, studied sociology, and was awarded a Master's Degree in Social Sciences at the Latin American Social Science Institute.
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Jorge Taiana was later a researcher at the National University of Quilmes and worked in the field of human rights.
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Jorge Taiana is married to Telefe producer Bernarda Llorente; he has three children, two by a previous marriage.
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Jorge Taiana was a militant Peronist in the early 1970s and in 1973 re-launched Descamisado, a populist news weekly thereafter associated with the Montoneros guerilla movement.
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Jorge Taiana worked alongside his father in the Ministry of Education as Head of Cabinet following the return of Peronism to power in 1973, and despite being threatened by the Triple A, he decided to remain in the country.
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Jorge Taiana was appointed Undersecretary for Organizations and Special Matters after the election of fellow Peronist Carlos Menem in 1989, and in 1990 was appointed Undersecretary for Foreign Policy and later Director of International Organizations.
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Jorge Taiana was confirmed as Foreign Minister by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on her inaugural on 10 December 2007.
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Jorge Taiana resigned his post on 18 June 2010, citing "lack of support and differences" with the President.
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On 9 August 2021, Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero confirmed Jorge Taiana would be the next Minister of Defense of Argentina, in replacement of Agustin Rossi, who resigned to focus on his campaign to the Senate in the 2021 legislative election.
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Jorge Taiana was one of two ministerial replacements ahead of the 2021 election, alongside Juan Zabaleta, who replaced Daniel Arroyo as Minister of Social Development.