Laura Raffo

María Laura Raffo Degeronimi (born 22 September 1973) is a Uruguayan economist, businesswoman, and politician of the National Party. She began her political career in 2020 after being proclaimed as the candidate of the Coalición Multicolor for the municipal elections of that year.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Raffo and the second or maternal family name is Degeronimi.
Laura Raffo
President of the Montevideo Departmental Commission of the National Party
In office
December 14, 2020 – May 8, 2023
Preceded byJuan Jose Olaizola
Succeeded byPedro Jisdonian
Personal details
Born
María Laura Raffo Degeronimi

(1973-09-22) 22 September 1973
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyNational Party
Spouse
  • Federico Muttoni
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2014)​
ChildrenFrancisco
Ignacio
Parent(s)Juan Carlos Raffo
Marta Degeronimi
EducationUniversity of the Republic
University of Montevideo
OccupationBusinesswoman
Economist
Politician
Television columnist

Born in Montevideo, she graduated from the University of the Republic with a degree in economics and earned an MBA from the University of Montevideo.[2] She rose to prominence serving as a columnist on economic issues on the Telemundo 12 newscast and various television programs.[3]

Early life

Raffo was born in Montevideo on 22 September 1973, the daughter of politician and writer Juan Carlos Raffo and Marta Degeronimi.[4] She has two siblings, Verónica and Juan Carlos. Raffo is of Italian descent.[5]

Raised in the neighborhood of Prado, she attended the Lycée Français of Montevideo.[6] In her teens, she won the National Literature Award for poetry.[7] In 1992, she enrolled in the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration of the University of the Republic, graduating in 1998 as an economist.[8] She subsequently obtained a master's degree in business administration from the University of Montevideo.[9]

Career

While she was studying at the university, she got a job position in the newspaper El Observador to write the economics column.[10] She was later employed by the Uruguayan branch of the ManpowerGroup corporation, as manager of the recruiting area.[11] In 2003 she made her television debut, as a panelist on the Channel 10 debate program Zona Urbana.[12] That year he worked as a columnist on the radio together with the journalist and broadcaster Néber Araujo in FM Setiembre.[13]

From 2004 to 2008 she worked for Microsoft and later began hosting an economics segment on Teledoce's Telemundo 12 newscast, which brought her wide national recognition.[14] She served as the executive director of Endeavor Uruguay.[15] 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 branch from February 2018 to February 2020.[16]

She worked as a columnist in the television program, Código País, broadcast by Teledoce. In 2016 she published the book La Economía al alcance de todos.[17] From August 2021 to 2022 she was part of the panel of Todas las voces, a debate program aired on Channel 4.[18]

Political career

2020 campaign for Intendant of Montevideo

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.[19][20] In the following days, she was approved conventions of the National,[21] Colorado,[22] Independent,[23] Open Cabildo[24] 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".[25]

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.[26]

The closing of the campaign was held on September 24 with an act in Varela Square.[27] On election day, Raffo obtained 39.3% of the votes, being the most voted individual candidate, but this percentage was not enough to obtain the government of Montevideo, due to the double simultaneous voting system.[28]

On December 14, 2020, she was proclaimed president of the Montevideo Departmental Commission of the National Party, in a ceremony that was attended by Vice President Beatriz Argimón.[29] On June 9, 2021, she launched the Centro de Estudios Metropolitano, with the purpose of "promoting a serious and professional debate" about what concerns Montevideo people."[30][31]

2024 presidential campaign

On May 8, 2023, Raffo announced her resignation from the position of president of the Montevideo Departmental Commission of the PN.[32] She confirmed that she would not run for Intendant of Montevideo in the 2025 municipal elections.[33] The announcement came after months of speculation about her leap into national politics by 2024.[34]

On May 15, 2023, the National Alliance faction made official its support for Raffo's candidacy for the 2024 presidential primaries, promoted by Herrerism.[35] In June, Rocha's National Movement also announced its support for her candidacy,[36] and in July Raffo officially launched her faction within the party, Sumar.[37]

Personal life

In 2005, she married Federico Muttoni. They had twin children, Francisco and Ignacio, born in 2007.[38] The couple divorced nine years later.[39]

References
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  2. "LAURA RAFFO, ECONOMISTA - Semanario Voces". www.voces.com.uy. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. "Laura Raffo presentó 'La economía al alcance de todos'". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  4. "Laura Raffo, la economista con experiencia en cargos ejecutivos". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  5. ElPais. "Hermanos distintos y exitosos". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  6. "120 años del Liceo Francés". EL PAIS. 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  7. "LAURA RAFFO, ECONOMISTA - Semanario Voces". 2023-02-03. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  8. "Laura Raffo: Nunca en mi vida fui una paracaidista - Semanario Voces". 2023-07-16. Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  9. "Laura Raffo es candidata a la Intendencia de Montevideo por la coalición multicolor". 970 Universal (in Spanish). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  10. Redacción. "Tras la pelea al aire, la historia de la relación entre Laura Raffo y Gabriel Pereyra". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  11. Enriquez, Ignacio (2020-02-05). "Laura Raffo, la economista que se define como "liberal y de centro"". VTV. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  12. Bardesio, Miguel (2023-07-15). "A 20 años de Zona Urbana, fotos inéditas, en qué otro canal pudo haber salido y cuál era su nombre original". EL PAIS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  13. "Laura Raffo presentó su libro junto con Alexandra Morgan y Ernesto Talvi". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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  19. 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.
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  21. ElPais. "Convención Departamental del Partido Nacional aprobó candidatura de Laura Raffo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  22. ElPais. "Convención Departamental del Partido Colorado aprobó candidatura de Laura Raffo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  23. "El Partido Independiente ratificó a Laura Raffo como candidata". ecos.la (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  24. 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.
  25. Observador, El. "Laura Raffo lanzó su candidatura y dijo que está dispuesta a debatir con el FA". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  26. "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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  32. "Raffo renunció a la Departamental nacionalista y comunicó que no será candidata en Montevideo". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
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  38. @lauraraffo (February 27, 2013). "Hace 6 años con @FedericoMuttoni nos convertíamos en padres de estos divinos mellizos que nos alegran tanto la vida!!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-16 – via Twitter.
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