Jorge Telerman
Jorge Telerman (born
November 29 1956 in
Buenos Aires) is an
Argentine centre-left
politician, currently serving as
mayor of Buenos Aires.
Telerman worked as a journalist, and
philosophy and
semiology teacher at the
Universidad de Buenos Aires. As a journalist, he worked in the show of Juan Alberto Badía, where there worked also Marcelo Tinelli, that later became the most popular tv-hostess in Argentina and owner of media. He was later appointed Argentine ambassador to
Cuba, and occupied several positions in the Buenos Aires government until his election as deputy mayor. The last charge he had at the government was of Secretary of Culture.
He became acting mayor during the
impeachment of
Aníbal Ibarra. Following Ibarra's destitution from office on
07 March 2006, Telerman became the mayor per the city
constitution. He will serve for the remainder of Ibarra's term, which expires in 2007. He has set up
Corriente Porteña, a party supporting his re-election as mayor in 2007; he is supported by the
Socialist Party [
1].
