Macri recounted his last conversation with his father: “You are my eldest son, you have to…”

Macri explained that, at the time, he was still serving as president, while his father was going through a critical health phase.

11/29/2025 – 10:34 am

During the presentation of his new book, The Former President Mauricio Macri He shared one of the most intimate and painful memories of his life: the last request his father asked him, Franco MacriThis was in the days before his death in 2019. According to him, the historic businessman – resolute and tyrannical until the last minute – asked him frankly. “Help him leave”In reference to ending his suffering.

Macri explained that, at that time, he was still serving as president, while his father was going through a critical stage of health and he was assisted day and night by a team of caregivers at his home in Barrio Parque. On March 2, 2019, during a meeting at Casa Rosada, he received a call that disturbed him: he was urgently summoned from his father’s house. “My father no longer had moments of clarity, which is why I didn’t understand how he could contact me,” he recalls.

“I have to tell you something very difficult”: asked Franco Macri

When he arrived at the family home, he found an unexpected scene. Franco Macri was sitting awake and greeted him with a smile. “Thank you for coming, I know you’re very busy,” he said. I have to tell you something very difficult“, said the former president in an interview with journalist Diego Sihencman.

At the time, Franco described his situation harshly, as affected by a complete loss of independence and complete dependence on his assistants. “I’m here, they have to bathe me, they have to clean me… I’m Franco MacriAnd I could no longer do anything I knew how to do. You who are my firstborn, You have to help me leave“He asked.

Macri claimed that he was surprised by the strength of that message and replied: “Dad, I understand you, but this is illegal in Argentina, it is not allowed.” But his father insisted, appealing to his dignity and personal history: “I do not deserve this insult. I cannot be in the hands of the people who should protect me“.

According to the former president, the exchange ended suddenly, almost unexpectedly. “When I told him again that it was not possible, he exploded, like the other times. He shouted at me for a few seconds, and suddenly, he said: ‘Faggot’… and that was it.”