Federico Achával He is 45 years old and has been mayor of Pilar since December 2019. That’s him Son of the businessman of the same name, majority shareholder of Hipódromo Argentino de Palermohas a rugby past, but built his relationship with politics on suburban Peronism, allying himself at the moment with Cristina Kirchner and, in recent years, with Axel Kicillof.
Achával established his political power a combination of local administration, coordination with the provincial government and a territorial control system based on public workscommunity employment and social assistance.
column With more than 350,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most complex municipalities in the province of Buenos Airesa strong presence of high-ranking countries, but also an extensive network of popular districts. Achával thus combines a management profile with the typical features of Peronism, but with a management logic more linked to the PRO and going beyond the fact of always being part of the PJ.
His political career was almost entirely local. A lawyer by training, he was part of the structure of Pilar’s Peronism and developed into a territorial administrator and municipal official.
He made his political leap in 2019 when he defeated then mayor Macrista Nicolás Ducotéand recovered from Pilar for Peronism. This victory was interpreted as a structural change in the first electoral period, as Pilar was no longer a bastion of the PRO and was fully integrated into the Buenos Aires program led by Governor Axel Kicillof. Since then, the relationship between the two has become one of the pillars of their leadership.
Achával built power from the administration. The municipal work was expanded and key areas were placed under trusted officials and transformed the municipality into a political instrument with a permanent presence in the territory. Based on municipal delegations, sources assure that social programs and infrastructure works maintain control over the neighborhood and avoid large-scale social conflicts.
The main focus of his management was public works. During his mandate, the areas of paving, trenching, neighborhood development and school renovation multiplied. Pilar became one of the municipalities with the highest volume of provincial investments.
Parallel to that maintained a pragmatic relationship with the private sector. Pilar is one of the province’s most dynamic real estate hubs, focusing on gated communities, logistics parks and large-scale commercial developments.
Achával’s management chose to avoid confrontation with this sector and promote agreements for shared infrastructure, urban development and road expansion.
In matters When it comes to security, his government placed great emphasis on surveillance and prevention. It expanded the camera system, strengthened the municipal operations center and deepened coordination with the Buenos Aires police.
His re-election in 2023 confirmed the consolidation of his local leadership. He managed to increase his electoral lead, control the Advisory Council and weaken the opposition. This trend was confirmed in the provincial elections in September this year, where Peronism won Pilar with 60% of the vote.
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