Overview
- Chiarella was chosen by the Plenary of Delegates with 81 votes at the party’s Buenos Aires headquarters, with roughly 90 of 106 delegates present.
- He succeeds Martín Lousteau and is set to take the helm as Lousteau’s term concludes, becoming the youngest UCR president on record.
- Governors aligned with Provincias Unidas and the Evolución current backed his elevation, with Maximiliano Pullaro, Gustavo and Juan Pablo Valdés, and Gerardo Morales attending.
- Internal fractures persist as sectors such as Radicalismo Auténtico and delegates aligned with Alfredo Cornejo declined to join or rejected the new leadership structure.
- The new leadership slate includes Piera Fernández as secretary general and Inés Brizuela y Doria, Javier Bee Sellares, and María Inés Zigarán as vice presidents, while Chiarella emphasized unity, breaking polarization, and not directly aligning with Milei, citing his 83% re-election and management record in Venado Tuerto.