Felisa Miceli

Felisa Miceli
Minister of Economy of Argentina
In office
28 January 2005 – 16 July 2007
PresidentNéstor Kirchner
Preceded byRoberto Lavagna
Succeeded byMiguel Peirano
Personal details
Born (1952-09-26) 26 September 1952 (age 72)
Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist
SpouseRicardo Velasco
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
Felisa Miceli confers with President Kirchner in 2006.

Felisa Miceli (born 26 September 1952) is an Argentine economist, and a former Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina.[1][2] She was appointed by President Néstor Kirchner on January 28, 2005, in place of Roberto Lavagna, and was the first woman ever to lead that ministry.[3] She resigned to the position on July 16, 2007, as prosecutors stepped up an investigation into a bag of cash found in her ministry offices.[4][5]