Ricardo Jaime

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ricardo Jaime
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 16, 1955(1955-01-16)
Age	69
Birthplace	Córdoba
Country	Argentina
Birth City	Córdoba Province, Argentina
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ricardo Jaime Biography

Ricardo Jaime is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 16, 1955 in Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Argentina. Ricardo Raul Jaime, a Argentine politician, was born January 16, 1955 in Cordoba. He was Secretary of Transportation for Presidents Nestor Kirchner (Argentina) and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (Argentina). Jaime was resigned from that position in 2009. He has been accused in numerous criminal cases for embezzlement and irregularities in the awarding of subsidies, misuse of authority, misappropriation, conspiracy, and other crimes. He was sentenced to a suspended six-month sentence for concealing evidence in 2013. Jaime was sentenced to an 18-month term for accepting bribes from Trenes de Buenos Aires, a former train operator. He was sentenced to six years in prison for failing to prevent the 2012 Buenos Aires railway disaster.

La Nacion wrote in 2005 that “there are few records about his life in Cordoba,” and that officials in the province were unable to give information about Jaime’s professional background. Santa Cruz sources claim that Jaime spoke Spanish during his time in Cordoba, but accented it like English. He also identified himself as an Argentine investor who was living in the U.S.

As Secretary of Transportation, Jaime was responsible for the management of 2 billion pesos a year to subsidize transport, and was accordingly known as “the lord of the subsidies.” His tenure, according to one source, “was marked by projects like the bullet train and the nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas, and judicial inquiries and complaints received against them.” By 2005 there were already many comments being made about his corrupt management of the transport sector, “although no one, of course, makes them aloud” for fear that their subsidies will be withdrawn. On August 26, 2007, Jaime, who at that point had already been formally charged with several offenses, from misappropriation of public funds to concealment of money laundering, was additionally charged with abuse of authority.

In a case that was first brought in 2009, Jaime was accused of illegal enrichment, with investigators noting his purchase of a $4 million Lear 31A Jet, a $1 million yacht, several cars and SUVs, and other assets while he was Secretary of Transportation. In October 2012 his request that the charges be dismissed as unconstitutional was rejected by Oyarbide.

After Kirchner’s rise to the presidency in Argentina, Jaime was appointed the nation’s Secretary for Transportation. Jaime was criticised for not having any transportation experience. He still enjoyed the full confidence of President Nestor Krüger.

Ricardo Jaime Net Worth

Ricardo Jaime is one of the richest Politician from Argentina. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ricardo Jaime 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jaime was a Cordoba native who worked in the general land registry between 1983 and 1984. He then moved to Santa Cruz province where he was director and chairman of the Honorable Council, 1987 to 1991.

Jaime supported Nestor Kirchner’s campaign to become Santa Cruz governor in 1989. Jaime was appointed Minister Secretary General of Interior for the province by Kirchner, which he held until 1996. Jaime was appointed head of the Provincial Council of Education after Kirchner was reelected for a second term. He returned to Cordoba in late 1999 to take up the role of Deputy Minister for Education in that province.

One case against Jaime, which was investigated in Chile, involved a payment made by the airline Lan Chile after receiving permission to operate in Argentina, and was thought to perhaps involve criminal acts by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, who was a board member of Lan Chile until August 2007.

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In 2010, Clarín revealed the existence of 16,000 e-mails implicating Jaime in corrupt activities during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury. The e-mails were described as an “X-ray of corruption.” The news of their existence caused the “transport world” to be “convulsed, almost in shock.” The e-mails, which as of November 2010 were being studied by “at least four judges,” illuminated among other things Jaime’s “feverish negotiations with Spanish and Argentine transportation firms” in 2005 as part of a Kirchner government effort to obtain funds for that year’s election campaign. Some of the e-mails also revealed Jaime’s illegal acquisition of cars and his receipt of millions in commissions on the purchase in Spain and Portugal of railway parts. A request to rule the e-mails inadmissible as evidence in court against Jaime was rejected by Oyarbide but was agreed to in May 2011 by another court. The latter ruling was confirmed by yet another court in June 2012.

Facts & Trivia

Ricardo Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Argentina. Ricardo Jaime celebrates birthday on January 16 of every year.

In November 2010, Ricardo Cirielli, who had been Assistant Secretary of Transportation under Jaime, stated that Jaime had delivered a valise “several times a week” to Néstor Kirchner, presumably containing money. The former director of Aerolineas Argentinas, Jorge Molina, said in 2012 that Jaime had served as a “collector,” or bagman, for Néstor Kirchner. Molina said that on one occasion he, Molina, had been asked to donate $1.5 million to the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner campaign, but that he had declined because the amount requested exceeded legal limits. Jaime had also asked him to buy 20 Embraer aircraft. Molina had declined in this case as well, because the planes were too small for the airline.