Saúl Bouer

Bouer began his political career within the Justicialist Party. In 1983, he joined Ítalo Lúder's presidential campaign as a prospective cabinet member.

On 26 October 1992, Bouer was appointed as intendente (mayor) of Buenos Aires by President Carlos Menem, following Carlos Grosso's resignation.^[1] Bouer's administration enforced strict debt collection policies for municipal tax arrears. Key developments during his tenure included the deployment of 280 fiscal agents in December 1993 to strengthen revenue collection.^[2]

Bouer was mayor at the time of the AMIA terrorist attack, on 18 July 1994, which killed 85 and injured 300.^[3]

On 5 September 1994, following the 1994 constitutional assembly elections, Menem appointed Jorge Domínguez to replace Bouer as mayor.

In 1998 he was appointed as director of ANSES.^[4] During his tenure he prioritized clearing backlogged pension claims, acknowledging over 120,000 pending cases.^[5]