20 Facts About Jorge Telerman

Jorge Telerman was born on November 29,1956 and is an Argentine politician and journalist.

Jorge Telerman was the fourth Chief of Government of Buenos Aires City, replacing Anibal Ibarra between 2006 and 2007.

Jorge Telerman was previously Vice-Chief of Government, National Secretary of Culture, and Ambassador.

Jorge Telerman was born in the Villa del Parque neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires, on November 29,1955.

Jorge Telerman's paternal grandfather, Froike was a militant construction worker and a socialist who, with his wife, was part of numerous support missions for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, aiding the anti-fascist front.

Jorge Telerman attended an English primary school for his first few years, but finished his primary education at the Republica del Peru public school.

Jorge Telerman attended Biochemistry for three years at the Universidad de Buenos Aires with Archa's father, until moving to France in 1977.

At the Colegio Argentino de Filosofia, Telerman met Tomas Abraham, another of his influences, who invited him to teach in some of his many Philosophy classes.

Jorge Telerman translated several works from different authors, including, among others, Michel Foucault.

Jorge Telerman produced and hosted several radio programs on Radio Belgrano with Jorge Dorio, Informe with the journalist Martin Caparros, and El Despertador with the media-specialized journalist Carlos Ulanovsky.

Jorge Telerman hosted the science program in Radio El Mundo, and many other specials concerning the 1985 Trial of the Juntas, Militares, and the Guerra de las Malvinas, among others.

Jorge Telerman contributed to Todo Nuevo, Telemovil, and Badia y Compania.

Jorge Telerman published several articles in a variety of Argentine newspapers and magazines.

Jorge Telerman was a student delegate in the secondary school, and a member of the Young Communist Federation of Argentina.

Jorge Telerman was introduced to longtime Peronist leader Antonio Cafiero, and he organized the Movimiento Unidad, Solidaridad y Organizacion, searching and advocating for an internal renewal of the party.

Jorge Telerman later took on various diplomatic responsibilities: he was secretary for institutional relations and spokesman to the Foreign Affairs Office between 1991 and 1992; in 1993 he became the press attache of the Argentine embassy in Paris, and from 1995 to 1998 a consultant to the General Secretary of the Organization of American States, former Colombian President Dr Cesar Gaviria, as well as its public information director.

Jorge Telerman returned to Buenos Aires to be an advisor and consultant for the unsuccessful presidential campaign of Peronist candidate Eduardo Duhalde, and in 1999 he was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, representing Buenos Aires.

Jorge Telerman had a very prolific administration, mainly because of the multiple activities he undertook in this area, and the national and international attention these activities helped bring to the City of Buenos Aires, in the cultural field.

The tragic Republica Cromanon nightclub fire in late 2004 ultimately resulted in Mayor Ibarra's March 13,2006 impeachment upon which Jorge Telerman became Mayor of Buenos Aires.

Mr Jorge Telerman has always being associated with artistic and cultural activities.