Javier Milei

I'll be honest — Javier Milei is one of the most genuinely strange political figures to burst onto the world stage in years, and I mean that as a kind of compliment. A former TV economist who used to appear on Argentine talk shows waving a chainsaw as a metaphor for slashing the state, he somehow rode that anarcho-capitalist energy straight to the Argentine presidency in late 2023. Whether you think his libertarian shock therapy is visionary or reckless, you can't deny the guy is ideologically consistent — he really does believe in radical free markets, dollarization, and gutting the central bank, which he's described as a tool of oppression. He cites Hayek and Mises the way other politicians cite the Bible. Winning the Hayek Medal in 2024 must have felt like a religious honor to him. Say what you want about the man, but he's not pretending.

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Name (English)

Javier Milei

Name (Japanese)

ハビエル・ミレイ

Reading

はびえる・みれい

Born

October 22, 1970 (age 55)

Origin

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

178 cm

Occupation

economist / writer / teacher / presenter / radio personality

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

University

University of Belgrano

Awards & achievements

• 2024 Order of Liberty
• 2024 Juan de Mariana Award
• 2024 Hayek Medal

• Official sitehttps://javiermilei.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/javiermilei/
• Xhttps://x.com/JMilei
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier%20Milei
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52395487

Tags

• economist
• writer
• teacher

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.