Eduardo Bauzá

Eduardo Bauzá (16 November 1939 – 17 February 2019) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as minister of health and minister of the interior during Carlos Menem's presidency and was later the first chief of the Cabinet of Ministers. He was also an Argentine senator from 1996 to 1999.

Education and career Eduardo Bauzá graduated from the Universidad de Mendoza and started his political career in Mendoza Province. He was appointed to his first political office in 1973 in La Rioja Province as the secretary of development, under Governor Carlos Menem. Menem and Bauzá were deposed during the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, and Bauzá was detained by the National Reorganization Process a few months later. He was under arrest from May 1976 to April 1977. He resumed his political career in 1982 and helped establish the "Federalismo y liberación" (; FyL ) faction within the Justicialist Party (PJ), led by Menem.

Later career and retirement After several months, Bauzá served as general secretary of the presidency. The 1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina created the office of the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers; Bauzá was the inaugural holder in 1995. He resigned in 1996, suffering Hepatitis C. He was subsequently elected senator. In 1999, he ended his term, retired from politics, and returned to the province of Mendoza. His son reported that, although he was severely incapacitated by the disease, he remained lucid during his later years. He died on 17 February 2019, of undisclosed reasons. His family, which includes five sons and seven grandsons, refused to hold a public funeral, and arranged only a private ceremony. He was buried at the Parque de Descanso de Guaymallén cemetery, outside of the city of Mendoza.