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Amado Boudou was born in Buenos Aires, in 1962. He is an Argentine businessman and government policy maker who has served as the 35th Vice President of Argentina since December 2011. He was previously Minister of the Economy from 2009 to 2011. Boudou attended graduate courses in economics and was awarded a masters degree in Economics by a private institution, the Argentine Macroeconomic Studies Center, which is well-known locally for its support of neo-liberal and free market policies.  Following his role in securing a number of lucrative hospital contracts for the company, he was named general manager in 1992 of their government contracts office. He married Daniela Andriuolo in 1993, but they were divorced five years later; they had no children. He was appointed its Director in October 2008, after Massa's promotion to the powerful post of Presidential Cabinet Chief.