He bore the full pedigree to flaunt the attire of a purebred suburban baron. Juan Jose Musi (1941-2025) probably represents The last exponent of a generation of symbolic leaders Which leaves indelible marks in its areas located around the city of Buenos Aires. No stock interest. With the good and bad of this category.
This clinician who came to run the largest interdistrict general acute hospital in the province (HIGA San Martín, in La Plata) leaves his last name directly associated with Berazatejia municipality worn down by recurring economic and industrial crises, with troubling social indicators and above-average poverty levels, is located south of Greater Buenos Aires.
Musi was responsible for municipal administration In 22 of the 42 years since the return of democracy To the country (December 1983). Another ten years remained in the hands of another Musi, Patricio, the son of the historic leader who died on Monday in the “El Cruce” hospital in Florencio Varela. He was admitted to this healthcare center with a lung infection last weekend. He had been suffering from some health difficulties for months. A special team, supervised by El Croce’s director, Mariel Musi (the leader’s daughter), made the death official.
He was always associated with medicine, but was drawn to politics as a young man. And Peronism. In 1976 he was relieved of command of San Martin and retreated to private activity but began knitting at PJ. Between 1983 and 1987, he was an official in the first post-dictatorship government of Berazategui, and in 1987, he embraced the PJ Renewal Party (represented by Antonio Cafiero, José Manuel de la Sota, Carlos Grosso, and José Luis Manzano, among others), and became mayor for the first time.
He turned the area into an impenetrable fortress for other forces. He’s become a winning machine with his last name and tickets. He was also consecrated as a sectarian leader in 1991; In 2003; 2007; In 2019 and 2023. In between, he competed as a candidate for regional deputy for Terceira (2013; also won) and ran for councilor in 2017 for Unidad Ciudadana, the party formed that year by Cristina Kirchner that lost at the provincial level to JxC.
In the midst of his performance as mayor he was Minister of Health under Eduardo Duhalde (between 1993 and 2002), and Minister of the Environment during the presidency of Cristina II (between 2010 and 2013) and Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior during the interim period of Duhalde’s presidency.
The composition of the surname can raise doubts about its ancestry. But his features were unappealable. He is of Syrian-Lebanese descent (“It’s Moussi, with an accent on the ‘i,’” he explained with a smile when asked about the confusion), and the affiliation allowed him to maintain a special relationship with former President Carlos Menem, whose ancestors also came from that region of the Middle East. Berazatejense still remembers November 3, 1993, when the presidential helicopter landed with Riojan to inaugurate the Evita Pueblo Hospital.
As is characteristic of any Baron, Mossie was near and far from all the connections and all the alignments that came out of his pajamas.
The final stage of his political journey placed him among the group of mayors who make up the Right to Future movement. Support that attempts to project Axel Kicilloff as the next expression of PeronismWith our sights set on the alternative in 2027.
Although his son Patricio had always enjoyed a good relationship with Máximo Kirchner and La Campora (or perhaps because of it), Juan José made no secret of his grudges towards that group that now faced the provincial governor.
Over the years, the discouraging pillars of the veteran leader of the Buenos Aires party weakened. In June of this year, before the Supreme Court ordered Christina’s sentence, Musi predicted that he would compete against the former president if she decided to top the list of provincial representatives in the third district. It was the original plan of Christianity, but it later collapsed with a court ruling.
However, the current mayor has joined another controversial initiative related to the midterm elections in Buenos Aires. “I will be a candidate for certification. “I will be at the top of the list of councilors in my area but I will not take office.”He announced without any explanatory diversions when I closed that call’s menus.
They were “semi-automatic” campaigns for the certificate candidate. His health is already showing the first signs of deterioration. He even had to publish a denial on social media of a rumor that mentioned the “death” of the mayor.
Musi was not present at the traditional “book fair” in Berazategi (which will be held in October) and has extensive advocacy in publishing circles. He also did not attend the annual educational exhibition (MAE) at which the municipality places special emphasis on disseminating information.
“The Negro” Mossi – as he was recognized in the world of politics by his peers and those on opposite sides – enters the gallery of powerful patrons of the provinces of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, such as Manuel Quindemel (who was in the Municipal Palace of Lanús from 1973 to 2007 – except for the years of operation), Alberto Balestrini (La Matanza), and Juan Carlos Rosselló (Moron); Hugo Curto (Tres de Febrero) or Raul Othasihi (Merlo) to name a few of those left behind. There are only a few men who have set foot in these areas as a heritage for three decades: Alberto Descalzo (Ituzingo) or Mario Ishi (Jose C. Paz) can be included in this category.
Other feelings animated the days and hours of the deceased sect leader: the battles fought by San Lorenzo in Puedo and the youngsters’ penchant for sporting practices. Since 1984, as a contribution from his position in the Sports Directorate of Berazategui, Musi has promoted the “Evita Championships” in the region.
100 social and sports institutions from all locations are now participating, with a wide “sector” of youth groups. This weekend was the final regular competition date for the EVITA Championships. In some areas, as a sign of mourning (and out of respect), they suspended games, even when there was no official guidance.