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{{Short description|Argentine politician and activist (born 1958)}}
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| office = [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Councilor of the Federal Capital]]
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| nationality = Argentine, Spanish<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Maslatón |first=Carlos |author-link=Carlos Maslatón |user=CarlosMaslaton |number=1485592187110887424 |date=24 January 2022 |title=He readquirido mi nacionalidad española que me fuera despojada por iniciativa del inquisidor Torquemada en 1492 y firmada por Isabel de Castilla y Fernando de Aragón en el decreto de La Alhambra y el Edicto de Granada. Hoy juré fidelidad al Rey y obediencia a la Constitución. https://t.co/7FbsUjPDWs |trans-title=I have reacquired my Spanish nationality that was stripped from me at the initiative of the inquisitor Torquemada in 1492 and signed by Isabel of Castilla and Fernando de Aragón in the decree of the Alhambra and the Edict of Granada. Today I swore fidelity to the King and obedience to the Constitution. |language=es |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716194028/https://twitter.com/CarlosMaslaton/status/1485592187110887424 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| party = [[Union of the Democratic Centre (Argentina)|Union of the Democratic Centre]] {{small|(1983–1993)}}
| otherparty = [[Federal Commitment]] {{small|(2013)}}<br />[[La Libertad Avanza]] {{small|(since 2021)}}
| residence = [[Retiro, Buenos Aires]]
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'''Carlos Gustavo Maslatón''' (born 19 December 1958) is
Since 2021, he has been part of [[La Libertad Avanza]]. He briefly intended to run for [[President of Argentina|president]] in the [[2023 Argentine general election|2023 elections]].<ref name=perfil>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2022 |title=Carlos Maslatón: "Yo voy a ser candidato a presidente y quiero disputarle una interna a Milei" |url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/carlos-maslaton-yo-voy-a-ser-candidato-a-presidente-y-quiero-disputarle-una-interna-a-milei.phtml |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Perfil |language=es}}</ref><ref name=economista>{{cite news|url=https://eleconomista.com.ar/politica/maslaton-competira-milei-queda-lla-enfrentar-troika-corrupta-politicamente-suicida-n59234|work=El Economista|title=Maslaton no competirá con Milei: se queda en LLA para "enfrentar a la troika corrupta y políticamente suicida"|date=21 January 2023|access-date=21 January 2023|language=es}}</ref>
==Early life==
Maslatón was born on 19 December 1958 in Buenos Aires to a family of [[Syrian Jews]] active in the textile business.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.letrap.com.ar/nota/2022-12-11-10-44-0-el-liberal-de-las-mil-vidas|work=Letra P|title=El liberal de las mil vidas|date=11 December 2022|access-date=22 January 2023|language=es|last=Maldonado|first=José}}</ref> All his grandparents came from [[Damascus]], except for his paternal grandmother, who was from [[İzmir]]. He studied at the [[University of Buenos Aires]] [[Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires|Faculty of Law]], where he became politically active.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.clarin.com/de-una/48-horas-carlos-maslaton-twittero-liberal-mil-vidas-furor-qatar_0_wWn4BWFjuq.html|work=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]|title=48 horas con Carlos Maslatón: el twittero y liberal de las mil vidas que es furor en Qatar|date=28 November 2022|access-date=22 January 2023|last=Conti|first=Dante|language=es}}</ref>
==Political career==
In 1983, he founded [[:es:Unión para la Apertura Universitaria|Unión para la Apertura Universitaria]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKUwAAAAYAAJ&q=Carlos+Maslaton|title=Extra|year=1985}}</ref><ref name="godfather">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1u4AAAAIAAJ&q=Carlos+Maslaton|title=Democracy and the New Electoral Right in Argentina|last1=Gibson|first1=Edward L.|year=1990}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sourtech |title=Veinticinco años de UPAU - El Estadista |url=https://elestadista.com.ar/politica/veinticinco-anos-upau-n51072 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=elestadista.com.ar |language=es-AR}}</ref> which won the [[students' union]] elections in the Faculty of Law in 1987, 1988 and 1989. He has been described as the "''Godfather of the new style and method of university politics''".<ref name="godfather" /> In 1987, he was elected to the [[City of Buenos Aires]] [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] for [[Union of the Democratic Centre (Argentina)|Unión del Centro Democrático]]. He proposed reducing the number of members of the city legislature from 60 to 30.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdxS9Gx_1KYC&q=Carlos+Maslaton|title=Lecciones y ensayos|year=1992}}</ref> He was a large shareholder of the online broker Patagon when it was sold in 2000, before the dotcom bubble crash, for 750 million dollars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cronista.com/infotechnology/it-business/El-rey-de-Bitcoin-que-predijo-la-crisis-conto-la-cocina-de-la-empresa-furor-en-los-90-20201029-0006.html|title=El rey de Bitcoin que predijo la crisis contó "la cocina" de la empresa furor en los 90|website=www.cronista.com}}</ref><ref name="wemba">{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/decada-boom-puntocom-vuelve-ex-patagon_0_HJXHPJtApFg.html|title = A casi una década del boom puntocom, vuelve uno de los ex-Patagon|date = 31 August 2009}}</ref>
Ahead of the [[2023 Argentine general election|2023 general election]], Maslatón announced his intention to run for president as part of the [[La Libertad Avanza]] (LLA) coalition. He intended to dispute the coalition's nomination against Milei in the [[Primary elections in Argentina|PASO primaries]].<ref name=perfil/> On 20 January 2023, the coalition refused his request to contest the nomination. Maslatón then stood back from the contest and announced he would remain a member of LLA.<ref name=economista/>
==Personal life==
In June 2022 he was denied access to the Bagatelle Restaurant in Buenos Aires due to his On Cloudswift sneakers not being up to par with the restaurant's dress code, leading to the restaurant being [[Review bomb|review bombed]] on Google Maps by his Twitter followers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Maslatón no pudo comer en un restaurante y sus seguidores se vengaron de la peor manera |url=https://www.cronica.com.ar/cosa-de-locos/Carlos-Maslaton-no-pudo-comer-en-un-restaurante-y-sus-seguidores-se-vengaron-de-la-peor-manera-20220606-0048.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Crónica |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Maslatón |first=Carlos |author-link=Carlos Maslatón |user=CarlosMaslaton |number=1533058483892928515 |date=4 June 2022 |title=Varios analistas de la noche porteña me están sugiriendo que el argumento de mis zapatillas On para no dejarme entrar a Bagatelle es pura jarta. Y que tal vez no me vieron con disposición suficiente para invitar a mi mesa a parte del gaterío que, me dicen, opera allí fuertemente. |trans-title=Several analysts of the Buenos Aires night are suggesting that the argument of my On shoes for not letting me enter Bagatelle is pure jarta. And that perhaps they didn't see me willing enough to invite part of the cattery to my table that, they tell me, operates strongly there. |language=es |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818031302/https://twitter.com/CarlosMaslaton/status/1533058483892928515 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cloudswift - Road Shoe For Urban Running {{!}} On |url=https://www.on-running.com/en-us/products/cloudswift |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.on-running.com |language=en}}</ref>
He was kicked out from [[Javier Milei]]'s political entourage after going against his sister Karina and political consultant Carlos Kikuchi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Interna: Carlos Maslatón acusó a la hermana de Javier Milei de llevar al espacio libertario "a la catástrofe" |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/interna-carlos-maslaton-acuso-a-la-hermana-de-javier-milei-de-llevar-al-espacio-libertario-a-la-nid11062022/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref>
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[[Category:Jewish Argentine politicians]]
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