Martín Lousteau is member of Parliament representing the City of Buenos Aires. He is the former Ambassador of Argentina to the USA. Previously he served as a Member of Parliament representing the City of Buenos Aires, post to which he was elected in October 2003. In 2015 he was a candidate of the ECO coalition (of which he is a founder) for Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires, and obtained 48,4% of the total votes. He also served as Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina (2008), and as Minister of Production in the Province of Buenos Aires (2005). During 2006 and 2007 he was the chairman of Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and GrupoBapro SA. After the collapse of the Convertibility Plan, he advised the Central Bank Governor from 2003 to 2004.