| Alexis Guerrera | |
| Office: | Provincial Deputy of Buenos Aires |
| Term Start: | 10 December 2023 |
| Constituency: | Fourth Electoral Section |
| Term Start1: | 10 December 2019 |
| Term End1: | 22 December 2020 |
| Constituency1: | Fourth Electoral Section |
| Office2: | Minister of Transport |
| President2: | Alberto Fernández |
| Term Start2: | 3 May 2021 |
| Term End2: | 29 November 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Mario Meoni |
| Successor2: | Diego Giuliano |
| Office3: | Mayor of General Pinto |
| Term Start3: | 10 December 2003 |
| Term End3: | 10 December 2019 |
| Predecessor3: | Luis Alberto Bruni |
| Successor3: | Jorge Alfredo Zavatarelli |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1971 |
| Birth Place: | General Pinto, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
Alexis Raúl Guerrera (born 2 February 1971) is an Argentine teacher and politician. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies, a position he previously held from 2019 to 2020. He was Minister of Transport of Argentina from 2021 to 2022, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández; he was appointed following the death of his predecessor, Mario Meoni, in a car accident on 23 April 2021.
Guerrera also previously served as intendente (mayor) of his hometown of General Pinto from 2003 to 2019, and as president of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura, a state-owned subsidiary of Ferrocarriles Argentinos. A former member of the Justicialist Party and the Front for Victory, Guerrera joined the Renewal Front in 2016.
Guerrera was born on 2 February 1971 in General Pinto, a partido in the North-west of Buenos Aires Province.[1] In his youth he joined the Justicialist Party's Peronist Youth, becoming the secretary-general of the General Pinto Peronist Youth aged 25.[2] He served as a member of the General Pinto city council and, in 2003, Guerrera became intendente (mayor) of General Pinto as a member of the Front for Victory coalition.[3] [4]
In 2016, Guerrera joined the Renewal Front led by Sergio Massa. In 2019, as a member of the newly formed Frente de Todos (of which the Renewal Front is part), Guerrera was elected as a member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies in the Fourth Electoral Section.[5]
In 2020, Guerrera was appointed president of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura (also known as ADIF, a state-owned train infrastructure company), succeeding Ricardo Lissalde.[6] Following the death of Transport Minister Mario Meoni in a car accident on 23 April 2021, Guerrera was appointed as the new Minister of Transport of Argentina on 3 May 2021.
Guerrera has stated his opposition to the nationalization of the Paraná-Paraguay riverway.[7]
In November 2022, Guerrera announced he would step down from his position in the ministry for health reasons. He was replaced by Diego Giuliano, also of the Renewal Front.[8]
Guerrera is openly gay.[9] During his first term as member of the Provincial Chamber of Deputies, Guerrera presided the parliamentary commission on gender and diversity and sponsored one of the province's anti-discrimination bills.[10]
| Office | List | Votes | Result | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||
| 2003 | Mayor of General Pinto | Justicialist Party | 3,209 | 52.20% | 1st | [11] | ||
| 2007 | Front for Victory | 3,998 | 62.14% | 1st | [12] | |||
| 2011 | Front for Victory | 4,697 | 71.02% | 1st | [13] | |||
| 2015 | Front for Victory | 4,354 | 66.78% | 1st | [14] | |||
| Office | List | District | Votes | Result | . | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | ||||||||
| 2001 | Councillor | Justicialist Party | 1 | General Pinto Partido | 2,577 | 49.51% | 1st | [15] | ||
| 2019 | Provincial Deputy | Frente de Todos | 5 | Fourth Electoral Section | 182,459 | 44.72% | 2nd | [16] | ||
| 2023 | Union for the Homeland | 3 | Fourth Electoral Section | 136,438 | 37.66% | 1st | [17] | |||