Miguel Ángel Toma Explained

Miguel Ángel Toma
Office:Secretary of Intelligence
President:Eduardo Duhalde
Term Start:July 10, 2002
Term End:May 25, 2003
Predecessor:Carlos Soria
Successor:Sergio Acevedo
Office2:National Deputy
Term Start2:December 10, 1999
Term End2:July 10, 2002
Constituency2:City of Buenos Aires
Term Start3:December 10, 1985
Term End3:December 10, 1997
Constituency3:City of Buenos Aires
Birth Date:18 September 1949[1]
Birth Place:Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Spouse:Patricia Azura
Party:Justicialist Party

Miguel Ángel Toma (born September 18, 1949) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician.

Biography

Toma earned degrees in philosophy and theology at the San Miguel campus of the Jesuit Universidad del Salvador. He was an early supporter of Antonio Cafiero's Peronist Renewal faction within the Justicialist Party, and was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for the City of Buenos Aires in 1985.[2] He served in the defense and security committees. His party list lost the 1997 congressional primaries to Daniel Scioli's, however, who enjoyed the support of President Carlos Menem,[3] and Toma consequently left Congress. Supported by close Menem adviser José Luis Manzano, Toma was appointed Secretary of Security by Menem in 1998.[4]

Amid political crisis of December 2001, Toma was appointed Minister of Justice, Interior, Defense and Human Rights, holding all roles concurrently for just 48 hours.[5] He was subsequently named president of the Buenos Aires Province chapter of the Justicialist Party.[2]

Toma was the Secretary of Intelligence of Argentina from July 2002 to 2003. He was appointed by then President Eduardo Duhalde to replace the previous Secretary, Carlos Soria, following the assassination of two left-wing agitators in Avellaneda.[6] During his tenure, the final report on the AMIA bombing was published to the judicial branch and foreign intelligence services, but would remain classified to the general public.[2]

Toma was brought on as a campaign adviser to Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri in the latter's putative 2011 campaign for the presidency.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¿Quién y por qué está "operando" para apartar a Oyarbide?. Informe Reservado. 30 April 2021 .
  2. Web site: Miguel Angel Toma: Manzano debería volver. La Nación. 2 March 2003 .
  3. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/71009-scioli-se-impuso-en-el-pj-capital Scioli se impuso en el PJ Capital
  4. Web site: Apto para todo servicio. Página/12.
  5. http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/min_1854-2007.php? MINISTROS DEL INTERIOR DE LA NACIÓN 1854-2007
  6. Web site: Álvarez asumirá hoy en Justicia y Seguridad; Toma llega a la SIDE. La Nación. 10 July 2002 .
  7. Web site: Miguel Ángel Toma es el flamante asesor de imagen de Mauricio Macri. El Argentino. 7 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100608090340/http://www.elargentino.com/nota-93756-Miguel-Angel-Toma-es-el-flamante-asesor-de-imagen-de-Mauricio-Macri.html. 8 June 2010.