54 Facts About Patricia Bullrich

Patricia Bullrich was the chairwoman of Republican Proposal, until 2024.

Patricia Bullrich represented the hardest and most right-wing sector of the Together for Change coalition and the Republican Proposal party during both the 2023 Argentine primary and general elections as presidential candidate.

Patricia Bullrich was born on 11 June 1956 in Buenos Aires, daughter of Alejandro Patricia Bullrich, a cardiologist, and Julieta Luro Pueyrredon.

Patricia Bullrich belongs to two wealthy families on each of her parents' sides.

Patricia Bullrich became politically engaged from an early age, abandoning a potential career in field hockey to dedicate herself fully to political activism.

Patricia Bullrich worked at the Cheburger fast food joint and became a member of the food workers' union, encouraging coworkers to unionise as well.

Patricia Bullrich is the cousin of Fabiana Cantilo, and introduced her to Argentine rock.

Patricia Bullrich skipped school classes one day to attend the music competition TV program "Si lo sabe cante", where she sang the song "El extrano de pelo largo" of La Joven Guardia.

Patricia Bullrich joined the Peronist Youth, the youth wing of the Peronist movement, aged 17.

Patricia Bullrich was present at the Plaza de Mayo on the International Workers' Day of 1974, when Peron, who had become president of Argentina, expelled the Montoneros and the left-wing youth groups from the celebrations.

Patricia Bullrich herself was a member of the Montoneros, active in the Columna Norte subgroup commanded by Rodolfo Galimberti.

Patricia Bullrich has denied being a Montoneros member, and maintains that she was just a member of the JP.

In 1975, Patricia Bullrich was arrested for spray-painting political messages on the entrance of the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, and spent six months in prison.

Patricia Bullrich had to be on the scene, pretending to be a casual student, but felt that she was being followed and escaped.

In January 1977, Galimberti and Patricia Bullrich attached an improvised explosive device to the car of Pepe Noguer, mayor of San Isidro.

Patricia Bullrich went into exile in 1977 with her partner Marcelo Langieri, first settling in Brazil, and later in Mexico, Spain and France.

Patricia Bullrich was still a member of Montoneros living abroad, until Galimberti cut ties with the organization in 1979.

Patricia Bullrich returned briefly to Argentina on that year, to give birth to her son Francisco.

Patricia Bullrich returned to the country after the 1982 Falklands War.

Patricia Bullrich had conflicts with Dante Gullo over the reorganization of the JP, thinking that it should have its own political leaders rather than follow the older ones.

Patricia Bullrich was elected deputy for the Justicialist Party in 1993, alongside Erman Gonzalez.

Patricia Bullrich proposed over two hundred bills, including the Art University law, the Cinema law, and the Leasing Contract law.

Patricia Bullrich left the PJ in 1996 and started New Leadership alongside Gustavo Beliz.

Patricia Bullrich had disagreements with him because she thought that he managed the party unilaterally, without making her part of the decisions.

Patricia Bullrich left the party as a result and, after briefly considering joining the Frepaso, she started another party.

Patricia Bullrich resigned in 1998, because of conflicts with Leon Arslanian, minister of justice of the province.

Patricia Bullrich was appointed to office in the Department of Criminal Policy and Penitentiary Matters.

Patricia Bullrich relaunched the UPT in 2002, aiming for the 2003 presidential elections.

Mauricio Macri was elected president in 2015 and Patricia Bullrich was appointed Minister of Security.

Patricia Bullrich tendered her resignation to Macri because of the mistake, but Macri rejected it.

Patricia Bullrich proposed a protocol to remove roadblocks caused by piqueteros.

Patricia Bullrich organized a joint command with the ministers of security of the Neuquen, Rio Negro and Chubut Provinceprovinces against the RAM, and delivered a report of the actions taken against the organization, including 96 lawsuits, 2 of them for murder.

Patricia Bullrich stayed in the same place where he drowned, without being seen or touched by anyone.

Patricia Bullrich pointed out that the video was edited and did not show the exact moment of the gunshot.

Patricia Bullrich chose the former legislator Luis Petri, from the UCR, as the candidate for vice-president.

Patricia Bullrich chose him because he was young, sided with the "hawks", and not from Buenos Aires; and because he worked with her during her time as minister of security.

Patricia Bullrich proposed the creation of a maximum security prison named after former president Cristina Kirchner.

Patricia Bullrich promised to end inflation, and to end the roadblocks caused by piqueteros.

On 25 October 2023, Patricia Bullrich officially endorsed Javier Milei for the runoff election.

Patricia Bullrich did not ask the other parties within JXC, the UCR and the CC, for their opinion, as they have conflicting views over Milei.

In December 2023, Patricia Bullrich returned to government as security minister in president Javier Milei's Cabinet.

Patricia Bullrich immediately issued a protocol to deal with demonstrations and roadblocks made by piqueteros.

Patricia Bullrich announced the "Plan Bandera" with governor of Santa Fe Province Maximiliano Pullaro to deal with the problem.

Patricia Bullrich described the ideas held by those organizations as an improvised blend of nationalism, Christianity and socialism.

Patricia Bullrich explained that back then she thought that she was taking part in a revolution and that the people would eventually get used to it, but eventually realized that revolutions rarely have a positive outcome.

Patricia Bullrich thinks that she deluded herself by thinking that Peronism had goals that were not its actual goals.

Patricia Bullrich started to have doubts over her allegiance to the guerrillas when she found out that Montoneros had killed the priest Carlos Mugica, and the aide of Peron Jose Ignacio Rucci.

Patricia Bullrich realized that Montoneros and the People's Revolutionary Army killed people, even if they had not said so openly, and that she was helping that even if from a passive role.

Patricia Bullrich considers that democracy in Argentina has been weakened by a dominant-party system coupled with the dismantling of the lead party, which led to a system where only the president has authority, the party is an extension of the president's will, and government and state lost any meaningful difference.

Patricia Bullrich considers that political polarization grew beyond only politics and engulfed other areas as well, such as academics and unions.

Patricia Bullrich considers that this style of government was used by the Kirchners to advance policies that are long outdated in the rest of the world, and to conceal its negative results.

Patricia Bullrich supported abortion during the debate in 2018 for a bill that would make it legal.

Patricia Bullrich said that it did not make sense that only the woman could go to jail for it.

That time, Patricia Bullrich refused to comment her personal opinion on abortion, and considered instead that the country had more pressing economic and societal priorities.