Kelly Olmos

Raquel Cecilia Kismer de Olmos (born 12 December 1952), better known as Kelly Olmos, is an Argentine economist and politician who served as the country's Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security from 2022 to 2023, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.

A member of the Justicialist Party (PJ), she has spent most of her political career in Buenos Aires, where she has served as a member of the Deliberative Council (1993–1997), and later, after the adoption of the city's new constitution in 1996, as a member of the City Legislature (1997–2000). She also served in a number of executive positions within the city government under Mayor Jorge Domínguez.

From 2007 to 2011, she was Secretary of Municipal Affairs (a post within the Ministry of the Interior) during the presidencies of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. She was director of the Banco Argentino de Desarrollo BICE from 2020 to 2022 and later served as vice president of the bank from January to October 2022.

Biography Raquel Kismer was born on 12 December 1952 in the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, in her own words, a "working-class barrio [that led to her] becoming a peronist". She studied economics at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Economic Sciences, eventually graduating with a licenciatura degree. In addition, she has a magister's degree on urban economics from Universidad Torcuato di Tella.

Olmos is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and speaks Yiddish. She is married to Orlando Olmos, with whom she has three children. She describes herself as a feminist.

On 10 October 2022, Claudio Moroni resigned from his position as Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security. President Alberto Fernández designated Olmos to the post, and she assumed office on 13 October 2022. It was one of three cabinet appointments made that day, alongside Ayelén Mazzina (to the Ministry of Women) and Victoria Tolosa Paz (to the Ministry of Social Development).