Economics
Fernandez Entrusts Argentina Oil Future to Kicillof
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Argentina has given responsibility for turning around its biggest oil producer to a 40-year-old political high-flier whose experience in corporate management consists of a six-month stint at the money-losing state airline.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on April 16 charged Deputy Economy Minister Axel Kicillof with helping Planning Minister Julio De Vido run YPF SA when she announced the appropriation of 51 percent of the company from Spain’s Repsol YPF SA.