Laura Raffo

María Laura Raffo Degeronimi (born 22 September 1973) is a Uruguayan economist, businesswoman and politician. She is a candidate for Intendant of Montevideo in the 2020 municipal elections of the Coalición Multicolor.[1]

Laura Raffo
Born (1973-09-22) 22 September 1973
Montevideo
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Economist
  • businesswoman
  • politician
Political partyCoalición Multicolor
Parent(s)
  • Juan Carlos Raffo Costemalle
  • Marta Degeronimi

Born in Montevideo, she attended primary school at the Lycée Français of Montevideo, graduated from the University of the Republic with a Bachelor's of Economics, and has a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Montevideo.[2]

Biography

She is the daughter of Marta Degeronimi and Juan Carlos Raffo, a Uruguayan politician and writer, who served as a Senator, a National Representative and Ministry of Transportation and Public Works. She has two siblings, Verónica and Juan Carlos.[3]

She worked as a columnist in the television program, Código País, broadcast by Teledoce. Between 2004 and 2008 she worked for Microsoft. She also worked on the radio with Elmer Araujo.[2] In 2016 she published the book La Economía al alcance de todos (The Economy within everyone's reach).[4]

Career

She has held management positions in organizations such as Microsoft, Manpower, PGG Wrightson, Endeavor and ESPN, for various markets in the region, with 15 years of experience.[5] From 2013 to 2017, she was a leading economist and image representative of Grupo Sura and was a member of the board of directors of the Banco Santander subsidiary from February 2018 to February 2020.[6]

Political career

In early February 2020, it was confirmed that Raffo would be the candidate for Intendant of Montevideo for the Coalición Multicolor in the 2020 municipal elections.[7][8] In the following days, she was approved conventions of the National,[9] Colorado,[10] Independent, [11] Open Cabildo [12] and De La Gente parties, members of the electoral coalition. The candidacy was made official on February 11, at the launch, Raffo stated that it is necessary to take care of "the problems of every day of the people".[13]

On July 23, in the presentation of the government plan dedicated to cleaning up the city, the National Representative for Montevideo of the Ecologist Radical Intransigent Party, César Vega, officially supported Raffo stating that she would be the "person who is going to do things better for Montevideo", and urged PERI voters to vote for her.[14]

References
  1. "Laura Raffo será la candidata a la Intendencia de Montevideo por la coalición". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. "LAURA RAFFO, ECONOMISTA - Semanario Voces". www.voces.com.uy. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ElPais. "Hermanos distintos y exitosos". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  4. Uruguay, Endeavor. "LAURA RAFFO". Endeavor Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  5. "Sign Up | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  6. "Laura Raffo, la economista que se define como «liberal y de centro» | VTV Noticias" (in Spanish). 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  7. ElPais. "Lacalle destrabó la negociación y Laura Raffo le competirá al Frente Amplio en Montevideo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  8. Observador, El. "Laura Raffo será la candidata única de la coalición en Montevideo". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  9. ElPais. "Convención Departamental del Partido Nacional aprobó candidatura de Laura Raffo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  10. ElPais. "Convención Departamental del Partido Colorado aprobó candidatura de Laura Raffo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  11. "El Partido Independiente ratificó a Laura Raffo como candidata". ecos.la (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  12. ElPais. "Cabildo Abierto aprobó la candidatura de Laura Raffo a la IMM y ratificó a su suplente". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  13. Observador, El. "Laura Raffo lanzó su candidatura y dijo que está dispuesta a debatir con el FA". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  14. "El diputado Cesar Vega oficializó su apoyo a la candidatura de Laura Raffo". 970 Universal (in Spanish). 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-29.


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