Approval Tracker: Argentina's President Javier Milei
Approval Tracker: Argentina's President Javier Milei
In his third year in office, how is the libertarian leader faring?
This article was originally published December 9, 2024 and has since been updated.
In December 2023, Javier Milei assumed the presidency of Argentina, becoming the first self-professed libertarian head of state in the world. The former congressman, radio host, and economist won 56 percent of the vote in the November 2023 presidential runoff with a campaign promising to radically reduce the Argentine state and reverse the country’s economic woes.
Now in his third year of governance, Milei has fulfilled his promises to reduce bureaucracy, impose austerity, and lift currency controls. And he’s been an outspoken voice for conservatism internationally. In the October 2025 midterms, Milei’s party outperformed expectations, giving the president a larger bench of support in Congress to push through key legislation, including tax and labor reforms.
Once hampered by his party’s small congressional bench, Milei may now press for labor and tax reforms as well as a fresh budget.
"It was a very important moment in the president’s tenure,” says the AS/COA senior advisor, who covers the Argentine leader's first six months in office.
